# West Virginia SB 50: Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections West Virginia SB 50, Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jay Taylor (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-08-08 (Chapter 103, Acts, Regular Session, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB50-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: West Virginia SB 50 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-12 - Last action: 2025-08-08, Chapter 103, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Jay Taylor (Republican) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: §3-1-29, §3-1-31, §8-5-5 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (222 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jay Taylor (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Vince Deeds (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Bill Hamilton (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Oliverio (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Patricia Rucker (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tom Willis (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-12 | House | House receded and passed (Roll No. 614) | pass | 93 | 2 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 400) | pass | 96 | 2 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 49) | pass | 33 | 0 | | ## Actions (44) - 2025-08-08: Chapter 103, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-17: To Governor 4/17/2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-12: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-12: House receded and passed (Roll No. 614) (House) - 2025-04-12: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-12: Completed legislative action (House) - 2025-04-12: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/17/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-08: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote) (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Communicated to House (Senate) - 2025-04-07: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-07: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-07: Passed House (Roll No. 400) (House) - 2025-04-07: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-04: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-04: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-04-04: Amendment reported by the Clerk (House) - 2025-04-04: Amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-04-03: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-03: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-04-02: Do pass (House) - 2025-03-31: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-04: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-03-04: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-03-04: To Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-04: To House Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-03: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Passed Senate (Roll No. 49) (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Ordered to House (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote) (Senate) - 2025-02-27: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Laid over on 2nd reading 2/27/2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-26: On 1st reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Committee substitute reported (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Filed for introduction (Senate) - 2025-02-12: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-12: To Judiciary (Senate) ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1.pdf) - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1 eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 intr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed) - SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed) - SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed) - SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed) - SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed) - SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (signed) ## Sources - [Committee Substitute (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1.htm) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1.pdf) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1 eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 sub1 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb50 intr.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs) - [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs) - [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs) - [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs) - [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs) - [SB 617: Discouraging gang activity](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB617-2025rs) - [West Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia/bills) - [West Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB50-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).