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type: "Bill"
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title: "Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners"
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description: "Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 542"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 542 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["County Officials"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2251600-e58d-485e-bda3-f42ed5ab59e2"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=542&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "0c430c00df61ddc52f287f5f85b51a1a0eb2944e8f0bb79a22ced47499edf106"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 542 (2024) — Amending procedure for filling vacancies in certain county offices having more than three commissioners
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb542%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=542)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb542%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=542)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb542%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=542)
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4. **sb542 h jud am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb542%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **99–1** (pass) · lower
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- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **95–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barrett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-01-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute reported
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- **2024-02-08** On 1st reading
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- **2024-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** On 2nd reading
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- **2024-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** On 3rd reading
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- **2024-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 117) `passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Ordered to House
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- **2024-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2024-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 554) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-03-07** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 555)
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- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-03-09** House Message received
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- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 484)
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- **2024-03-09** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 484)
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- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
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- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
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- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** Chapter 121, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2251600-e58d-485e-bda3-f42ed5ab59e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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