republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/sb-490.md

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Bill	Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia	Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2025	SB 490	West Virginia SB 490 (2025)	bill	Elections	enacted	Woodrum	2	31	2	2025-02-14	2025-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3979470f-75de-4c27-a19c-e81e56115236	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=490&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	7e2041fc965ab3cc111d3dabb3c09ce759f3f95a47510cddef79ec5ac6682d06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 490 (2025) — Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 87–9 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 31–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Woodrum — primary (person)
• Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2025-02-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2025-02-28 On 1st reading
• 2025-02-28 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-03-03 On 2nd reading
• 2025-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-03-04 On 3rd reading
• 2025-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-03-04 Passed Senate (Roll No. 59) passage
• 2025-03-04 Ordered to House
• 2025-03-05 House received Senate message
• 2025-03-05 Introduced in House introduction
• 2025-03-05 Immediate consideration
• 2025-03-05 Reference dispensed
• 2025-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-03-06 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-03-07 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-03-07 Passed House (Roll No. 38) passage
• 2025-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2025-03-07 Completed legislative action
• 2025-03-10 House Message received
• 2025-03-12 To Governor 3/12/2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor 3/19/2025 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor 3/18/25 executive-signature
• 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor 3/18/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2025-08-08 Chapter 106, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3979470f-75de-4c27-a19c-e81e56115236. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).