SB 829 West Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Modifying classes of state of preparedness declared by Governor or Legislature

SB 829 simplifies West Virginia's emergency declaration process by eliminating the current two-tier system for "state of preparedness" (Class I and Class II) and creating a single classification. It sets a 30-day expiration for a Governor-proclaimed "state of preparedness" (previously 60 days for emergencies), requiring legislative extension for longer durations. The bill also limits combined emergency and preparedness declarations to a maximum of 90 days unless extended per standard procedures. This directly affects the Governor and Legislature when declaring or extending emergency-related statuses, streamlining oversight without altering emergency response powers.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 20, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Committee Substitute · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from an Introduced Version to a Committee Substitute version, primarily changing the layout and adding website navigation elements. The substantive text of the legislation remains largely the same, though some minor wording adjustments were made to clarify certain provisions and correct grammatical errors.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was changed from a plain text legislative format to a web page format with navigation menus and website footer information.

Minor grammatical corrections were made throughout the text, including changing 'may not be construed' to 'may not be construed' and fixing 'of by' to 'of by' in several instances.

The phrase 'may not exceed 90 days' was changed to 'may not be construed to suspend or supersede' in subsection (a), though this appears to be a formatting artifact rather than a substantive policy change.

Some punctuation and capitalization were standardized throughout the document, such as changing 'Provided, That' to 'Provided, That' consistently.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 27, 2025

How they voted

30–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 33

Mar 27, 2025

D Democratic2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican31

28 Yea 3

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

To House Government Organization

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

To Government Organization

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (Roll No. 199)

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee substitute reported

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Committee

To Government Organization

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors