West Virginia Senate Bill 525 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-23 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the responsibility of the Governor to fill a vacancy in the state legislature. The bill provides a process for the selection of three legally qualified persons to fill a vacancy in the office of state senator or House of Delegates, allows for virtual candidate interviews where more than three candidates apply, and clarifies the interview process. It also provides that a party county chairman appoint a subcommittee to act as vacancy committee where a senate or delegate district is wholly within one county.

Clarifying process for filling vacancies in Legislature

Sen. Mark Maynard [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-23	Senate	To Judiciary
2024-01-23	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-01-23	Senate	To Judiciary
2024-01-23	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	10	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=525&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb525%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=525