West Virginia 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 561 — Increasing minimum contract price requiring execution of bond with respect to building or repairing school property

Last action — Chapter 71, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2018. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

7 added · 8 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill SB 561 has been amended to increase the minimum contract price requiring contractors to execute a bond from $15,000 to $25,000. This change is important because it raises the threshold at which financial protection is mandated for projects, potentially reducing the number of smaller contracts that need to meet this requirement. By doing so, it aims to streamline the bonding process for contractors and may encourage more participation in smaller projects.

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NEWS RELEASES HELPFUL LINKS Enrolled Version - Final Version « Senate Bill 561 History OTHER VERSIONS  —  Committee Substitute (1)  |  Introduced Version  |   |  Email Key:
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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 561 Senator Jeffries, original sponsor [Passed March 5, 2018;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 561 By Senator Jeffries [Originating in the Committee on Education;
in effect 90 days for passage]     AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-5-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the minimum contract price that requires the execution of a bond with respect to the building or repairing of school property.
Reported on February 22, 2018]     A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the minimum contract price that requires the execution of a bond with respect to the building or repairing of school property.
Boards shall require all persons contracting for the building or repairing of school property, where the contract exceeds $25,000 to execute a bond, with approved security, in the amount of the contract price.
Boards shall require all persons contracting for the building or repairing of school property, where the contract exceeds $100 $25,000 to execute a bond, with approved security, in the amount of the contract price.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 71, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

  2. Approved by Governor 3/27/18

  3. Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal

  4. Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal

  5. To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal

  6. To Governor 3/9/18

  7. House Message received

  8. Completed legislative action

  9. Communicated to Senate

  10. Passed House (Roll No. 322)

  11. Read 3rd time

  12. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  13. Read 2nd time

  14. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  15. Read 1st time

  16. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  17. 2nd reference dispensed

  18. Do pass

  19. To House Education

  20. To Education then Finance

  21. Introduced in House

  22. Ordered to House

  23. Passed Senate (Roll No. 198)

  24. Read 3rd time

  25. On 3rd reading

  26. Read 2nd time

  27. On 2nd reading

  28. 2nd reference dispensed

  29. Senate further considered bill

  30. On 2nd reading to Government Organization

  31. Read 1st time

  32. Immediate consideration

  33. Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization

  34. To Education

  35. Introduced in Senate

  36. To Education then Government Organization

  37. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Jeffries · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 151 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Jeffries

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (151)

151 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 97 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67201
Republican 26000
Democrat 4000
Total 97201
% of votes cast 97%2%0%1%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Walters — Nay
Lane — Yea
Romine, C. — Yea
Romine, R. — Yea
Foster — Yea
Blair — Yea
Martin — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Capito — Yea
Deem — Not Voting
Ferro — Yea
Folk — Yea
Frich — Yea
Graves — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Love — Yea
Lynch — Yea
Marcum — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Shott — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Storch — Nay
Summers — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Speaker Armstead — Yea
Evans, A. — Yea
Evans, E. — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Iaquinta — Yea
Moye — Yea
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Upson — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Ambler — Yea
Brewer — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Fast — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hill — Yea
Householder — Yea
Isner — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Miley — Yea
Overington — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Sobonya — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilson — Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Bill Hamilton Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Guy Ward Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Statler Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30001
Republican 3000
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
ARVON — Yea
GAUNCH — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
KARNES — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Not Voting
MANN — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Yea
OJEDA — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
WELD — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
FERNS — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Sarah Drennan Republican Yea

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Subjects

labor education
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