Senate concurs with House on SB 607 and makes bill effective from passage

The West Virginia Senate voted to concur with the House change to the effective date of the committee substitute for Senate Bill 607, relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects, and then made the bill effective from passage.

Senator from Lewis moved the Senate concur and, after a voice vote adopting the concurrence, moved that the bill be made effective from passage. The clerk reported a machine vote of 31 yays, 0 nays and 3 absent not voting; the presiding officer declared the bill effective from passage after noting the two‑thirds threshold was met.

The actions taken were procedural steps to align the Senate with the House amendment to the bill’s effective date and to set the bill’s effective date as immediate upon passage. The Senate directed the clerk to communicate the action to the House.

No debate or amendments to the substance of the bill were recorded in the floor transcript; the record shows only the concurrence motion and the subsequent motion and vote to make the bill effective from passage.