West Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: To Executive 2 R cosponsors

SB 698 — Relating to number and selection of members for Governor's Veterans Council

Last action — Chapter 284, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

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Bill Text

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29 added · 36 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to SB 698 changed the number of members on the Governor's Veterans Council from nine to eleven and clarified the selection criteria for those members. It emphasizes the importance of having members who are active in the veteran community and aims to ensure diversity in representation from different service branches. This matters because it strengthens the council's ability to represent the interests of veterans more effectively, ensuring a broader range of perspectives and experiences.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 698 By Senators Weld, Lindsay, and Hamilton [Originating in the Committee on Military;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session ENROLLED Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 698 By Senators Weld, Lindsay, and Hamilton [Passed March 10, 2022;
reported on February 23, 2022]     A BILL to amend and reenact §9A-1-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the number and selection of members for the Governor’s Veterans Council.
in effect from passage]     AN ACT to amend and reenact §9A-1-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the number and selection of members for the Governor’s Veterans Council.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ Veterans ASSISTANCE.
DEPARTMENT OF  Veterans ASSISTANCE.
Veterans’ Veterans Council;
Veterans Council;
(a) There is continued the “Veterans' Council” Veterans Council consisting of nine 11 members who must be citizens and residents of this state and who have served in and been honorably discharged or separated under honorable conditions from the Armed Forces of the United States, and whose service was within a time of war as defined by the laws of the United States.
(a) There is continued the  Veterans Council consisting of 11 members who must be citizens and residents of this state and who have served in and been honorably discharged or separated under honorable conditions from the Armed Forces of the United States, and whose service was within a time of war as defined by the laws of the United States.
(b) Where feasible, two members of the council shall be veterans of either World War II or the Korean Conflict, at least two members of the council shall be veterans of the Vietnam era, at least one member shall be a veteran of the first Gulf War and at least one member shall be a veteran of the Afghanistan or Iraqi Conflicts Where feasible, members of the council shall be veterans who are active in the veteran community and who have been recommended by a West Virginia veterans service organization, with consideration given to ensure a diverse representation of service branches in council membership.
(b) Where feasible, members of the council shall be veterans who are active in the veteran community and who have been recommended by a West Virginia veterans service organization, with consideration given to ensure a diverse representation of service branches in council membership.
The members of the veterans’ veterans council shall be selected with special reference to their ability and fitness to effectuate the purposes of this article.
The members of the veterans council shall be selected with special reference to their ability and fitness to effectuate the purposes of this article.
(c) The secretary and such officers, assistants, and employees as the secretary considers advisable, shall administer the West Virginia Department of Veterans' Veterans Assistance.
(c) The secretary and such officers, assistants, and employees as the secretary considers advisable, shall administer the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 284, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

  2. Approved by Governor 3/23/2022

  3. To Governor 3/15/2022

  4. Approved by Governor 3/23/22 - House Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/23/2022 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 3/15/22 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 3/15/2022 - Senate Journal

  8. House Message received

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. Effective from passage (Roll No. 514)

  12. Passed House (Roll No. 513)

  13. Read 3rd time

  14. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  15. Read 2nd time

  16. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  17. Read 1st time

  18. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  19. Do pass

  20. To House Government Organization

  21. To Government Organization

  22. Introduced in House

  23. Ordered to House

  24. Effective from passage (Roll No. 239)

  25. Passed Senate (Roll No. 239)

  26. Read 3rd time

  27. On 3rd reading

  28. Read 2nd time

  29. On 2nd reading

  30. Read 1st time

  31. On 1st reading

  32. Committee substitute reported

  33. To Military

  34. Introduced in Senate

  35. To Military

  36. Filed for introduction

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Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (149)

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Votes

Passage

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9001
Unaffiliated 22001
Democrat 1000
Total 32002
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
LINDSAY — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
STOVER — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MARTIN — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BOLEY — Not Voting
MAYNARD — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BROWN — Yea
NELSON — Yea
CAPUTO — Yea
PHILLIPS — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
GEFFERT — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
KARNES — Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Amy Grady Republican Yea
Bill Hamilton Republican Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Not Voting
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea

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veterans
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 698?
SB 698 is sponsored by Bill Hamilton (Republican), Lindsay, and Ryan Weld (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 698?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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