republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/sb-542.md

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Bill	Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners	Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	SB 542	West Virginia SB 542 (2024)	bill	County Officials	enacted	Barrett	4	40	3	2024-01-24	2024-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/f2251600-e58d-485e-bda3-f42ed5ab59e2	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=542&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	0c430c00df61ddc52f287f5f85b51a1a0eb2944e8f0bb79a22ced47499edf106	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 542 (2024) — Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. sb542 h jud am _1 3-4 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 99–1 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — 95–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-24 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-01-24 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute reported
• 2024-02-08 On 1st reading
• 2024-02-08 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-09 On 2nd reading
• 2024-02-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 On 3rd reading
• 2024-02-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (Roll No. 117) passage
• 2024-02-12 Ordered to House
• 2024-02-13 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-13 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-04 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2024-03-05 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-03-06 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-06 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2024-03-06 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-03-07 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Passed House (Roll No. 554) passage
• 2024-03-07 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-03-07 Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 555)
• 2024-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-03-09 House Message received
• 2024-03-09 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 484)
• 2024-03-09 Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 484)
• 2024-03-09 Communicated to House
• 2024-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2024-03-19 To Governor 3/19/2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 executive-signature
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Chapter 121, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2251600-e58d-485e-bda3-f42ed5ab59e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).