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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections"
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description: "Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 486"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 486 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-14"
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last_action: "2025-08-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a0c13f-7fd1-470e-932c-27ec22f817b9"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=486&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "b513eb4b3416ceb68a9392562f21fb636fce62d524e668ca3efe216b6e20eb84"
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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 486 (2025) — Clarifying eligibility requirements to vote in WV elections
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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=sb486%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=486)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb486%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=486)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb486%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=486)
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4. **sb486 hfat akers 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb486%20hfat%20akers%203-12%20adopted.htm)
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5. **sb486 hjud am. _1 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb486%20hjud%20am.%20_1%203-12%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Woodrum — primary (person)
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- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27** Committee substitute reported
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- **2025-02-28** On 1st reading
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- **2025-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-03** On 2nd reading
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- **2025-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** On 3rd reading
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- **2025-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 57) `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** Ordered to House
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- **2025-03-05** House received Senate message
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- **2025-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Markup Discussion
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- **2025-03-13** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-17** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2025-03-17** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-03-17** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2025-03-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** Passed House (Roll No. 106) `passage`
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- **2025-03-18** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2025-03-18** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-03-19** House Message received
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- **2025-03-19** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 129)
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- **2025-03-19** Communicated to House
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- **2025-03-19** Completed legislative action
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- **2025-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-20** House received Senate message
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- **2025-03-21** To Governor 3/20/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/26/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-08** Chapter 104, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `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/83a0c13f-7fd1-470e-932c-27ec22f817b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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