# West Virginia SB 586: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices West Virginia SB 586, Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Joey Garcia (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-08 (Chapter 108, Acts, Regular Session, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB586-2025rs - 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 586 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-24 - Last action: 2025-08-08, Chapter 108, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Joey Garcia (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: §3-10-3, §3-10-4, §3-10-5, §3-10-6, §3-10-7, §3-10-8, §8-5-10, §50-1-6 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (456 yes, 0 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: Joey Garcia (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 611) | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-04-12 | House | Effective from passage (Roll No. 630) | pass | 96 | 0 | | | 2025-04-12 | House | House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 629) | pass | 96 | 0 | | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Effective from passage (Roll No. 583) | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 582) | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Effective from passage (Roll No. 612) | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-04-11 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 512) | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 124) | pass | 34 | 0 | | ## Actions (57) - 2025-08-08: Chapter 108, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-21: To Governor 4/21/2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-12: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 582) (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Effective from passage (Roll No. 583) (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Senate requests House to concur (Senate) - 2025-04-12: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-12: House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 629) (House) - 2025-04-12: Effective from passage (Roll No. 630) (House) - 2025-04-12: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-12: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 611) (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Effective from passage (Roll No. 612) (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Communicated to House (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Completed legislative action (Senate) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-11: On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-11: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-11: Amendment reported by the Clerk (House) - 2025-04-11: Amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-04-11: Amendment reported by the Clerk (House) - 2025-04-11: Amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-04-11: Amendment reported by the Clerk (House) - 2025-04-11: Amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-04-11: Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-04-11: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-11: Passed House (Roll No. 512) (House) - 2025-04-11: Title amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-04-11: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-10: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-09: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-09: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-04-08: With amendment, do pass (House) - 2025-04-07: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-19: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-03-19: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-03-19: To Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-19: To House Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-18: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Passed Senate (Roll No. 124) (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Ordered to House (Senate) - 2025-03-17: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-03-14: On 1st reading (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Committee substitute for committee substitute reported (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-26: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Filed for introduction (Senate) - 2025-02-24: To Government Organization then Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-24: To Government Organization (Senate) ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 sub2.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 sub2.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 sub2 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 sub2 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 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/sb586 sub2.htm) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 sub2.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 sub2 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 sub2 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb586 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-SB586-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).