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W. Va. Const. art. VI, § 29

Requirement for Reading of Bills

activein force · 2026-09-24 – presentas-observed

No bill shall become a law until it has been fully and distinctly read, on three different days, in each house, unless in case of urgency, by a vote of four fifths of the members present, taken by yeas and nays on each bill, this rule be dispensed with: Provided, in all cases, that an engrossed bill shall be fully and distinctly read in each house.

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code.wvlegislature.gov
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2026-09-24
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2026-09-24
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