West Virginia 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 4 R cosponsors

SB 552 — Relating to Certified Business Expansion Development Program

Last action — To House Energy and Public Works

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

1 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Senate Bill 552 introduces several significant changes to the Certified Business Industrial Expansion Development Program in West Virginia. Notably, it removes restrictions requiring high impact business development districts to be located on specific types of land and eliminates the previous requirement that the electrical service for these districts must come from renewable sources. Additionally, the amendment ensures that electric utility customers will not have to pay for costs related to utilities in high impact business development districts. These changes aim to broaden participation in the program and make it more accessible to a wider range of businesses.

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SB552 SFA Phillips #1 3-6Lazell  7879 Senator Phillips moved to amend the bill on page 4, section 21, after line 81, by inserting a new subsection (f), to read as follows:(f) Regulated electric utility customers shall not bear any construction, operational, or capacity-related costs associated with non-utility owned and operated electricity generation co-located with a high impact business development district.
SB552 SFAT Phillips #1 3-6Lazell  7879 Senator Phillips moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:Eng.
Any costs of this nature are to be borne by the customers situated within the high impact business development district that is to be co-located with onsite electricity generation.;And,By re-lettering the remaining subsection.
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for Senate Bill 552—A Bill to amend and reenact §5B-2-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the Certified Business Industrial Expansion Development Program administered by the Department of Economic Development;
renaming business expansion development program administered by the department;
renaming high impact business development districts certified by the department;
providing that any plant or facility may participate in the business expansion development program;
removing requirement that high impact business development districts be located on certain lands;
eliminating requirement that electrical service to business development districts be generated from renewable sources;
and providing that regulated electric utility customers shall not bear any costs incurred by utility located in a high impact business development district.     AdoptedRejected
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Action History

  1. To House Energy and Public Works

  2. To Energy and Public Works

  3. Introduced in House

  4. House received Senate message

  5. Ordered to House

  6. Title amendment adopted

  7. Passed Senate (Roll No. 70)

  8. Read 3rd time

  9. Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 69)

  10. Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)

  11. Read 2nd time

  12. On 2nd reading

  13. Read 1st time

  14. Immediate consideration

  15. Reported do pass

  16. Referred to Rules on 1st reading

  17. Laid over on 1st reading 2/27/2025

  18. On 1st reading

  19. Committee substitute reported

  20. To Economic Development

  21. Introduced in Senate

  22. To Economic Development

  23. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Jeffries

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passage

Passed 32 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 27200
Unaffiliated 3000
Democrat 2000
Total 32200
% of votes cast 94%6%0%0%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
STUART — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
Joey Garcia Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Amy Grady Republican Yea
Anne B. Charnock Republican Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Bill Hamilton Republican Yea
Brian Helton Republican Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Craig A. Hart Republican Nay
Darren Thorne Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Glenn Jeffries Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jay Taylor Republican Yea
Laura Wakim Chapman Republican Yea
Mark R. Maynard Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Mike Oliverio Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Robbie Morris Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Nay
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Scott Fuller Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Willis Republican Yea
Vince Deeds Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 552?
SB 552 is sponsored by Jeffries, Amy Grady (Republican), Eric Tarr (Republican), Mike Oliverio (Republican), and Charles H. Clements (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 552?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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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