---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices"
description: "Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 586"
citation: "West Virginia SB 586 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2ad171-f440-4ebd-b47e-9975a302da46"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=586&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9c834b8bde9f172420ee819b8b308a52c248032838d97a8b1bb40b8d4a402620"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 586 (2025) — Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb586%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=586)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb586%20sub2.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=586)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb586%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=586)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb586%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=586)
5. **sb586 hfa holstein 4-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb586%20hfa%20holstein%204-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb586 hfa rohrbach 4-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb586%20hfa%20rohrbach%204-10%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb586 hfat akers _1 4-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb586%20hfat%20akers%20_1%204-12%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb586 hfat akers and gearheart 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb586%20hfat%20akers%20and%20gearheart%204-10%20adopted.htm)
9. **sb586 hjud am. _1 4-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb586%20hjud%20am.%20_1%204-7%20adopted.htm)
10. **sb586 sfa martin _3 4-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb586%20sfa%20martin%20_3%204-12%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-24** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2025-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-14** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 124) `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-19** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Markup Discussion
- **2025-04-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 512) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 582)
- **2025-04-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 583)
- **2025-04-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 629)
- **2025-04-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 630)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 611)
- **2025-04-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 612)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 108, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba2ad171-f440-4ebd-b47e-9975a302da46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).