WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 178
By Senator Chapman
[Introduced February 12, 2025; referredto the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated 3-1-8a, relating to imposing a limit of three terms on officials elected to public office in the state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.
No person seeking a public office pursuant to §3-1-16, §3-1-17, and §3-1-18 shall serve more than three consecutive terms for the same office. This restriction does not apply to partial terms to which an official may be appointed.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to limit the number of terms of elected officials to three.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.