West Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 481 — Relating to Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission

Last action — Chapter 118, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  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 January 30, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

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 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

13 added · 4 removed

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Action History

  1. Chapter 118, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  2. Approved by Governor 3/22/19

  3. To Governor 3/22/19

  4. Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal

  8. House Message received

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 748)

  12. Conference report received-House

  13. House received Senate message

  14. Senate requests House to concur

  15. Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 548)

  16. Conference report filed - Senate

  17. Conference report filed - House

  18. House received Senate message

  19. To conference

  20. Communicated to House

  21. Senate agreed to conference and appoints conferees: Weld, Rucker, Romano

  22. House Message received

  23. Communicated to Senate

  24. House appointed conferees: Kump, Steele, Brown, N.

  25. House refused to recede and requested conference(Voice vote)

  26. House received Senate message

  27. Communicated to House

  28. Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)

  29. House Message received

  30. Communicated to Senate

  31. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  32. Passed House (Roll No. 459)

  33. Read 3rd time

  34. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  35. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  36. Read 2nd time

  37. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  38. Read 1st time

  39. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  40. With amendment, do pass

  41. To House Judiciary

  42. To Judiciary

  43. Introduced in House

  44. Ordered to House

  45. Passed Senate (Roll No. 133)

  46. Read 3rd time

  47. On 3rd reading

  48. Read 2nd time

  49. On 2nd reading

  50. Read 1st time

  51. On 1st reading

  52. Committee substitute reported

  53. To Judiciary

  54. Introduced in Senate

  55. To Judiciary

  56. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Trump · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Trump

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (151)

151 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 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Republican 23001
Democrat 5000
Total 98002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Kump — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Shott — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Walker — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Capito — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Householder — Yea
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Storch — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Fast — Yea
Graves — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Linville — Not Voting
Longstreth — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Miley — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Steele — Yea
Summers — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat 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
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Not Voting
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 100 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24000
Unaffiliated 71000
Democrat 5000
Total 100000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Linville — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Shott — Yea
Foster — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Walker — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Capito — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Storch — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Fast — Yea
Graves — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Householder — Yea
Kump — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Miley — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Steele — Yea
Summers — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat 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
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper 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
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 31001
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
LINDSAY — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MANN — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TARR — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROMANO — Not Voting
WOELFEL — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

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