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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Removing sunset dates which members of policemen's or firemen's pension fund elect to participate in deferred retirement option plan"
+description: "Removing sunset dates which members of policemen's or firemen's pension fund elect to participate in deferred retirement option plan"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 425"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 425 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Retirement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ferns"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-30"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ff89313-55eb-4151-9632-9c841f1f367e"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=425&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "54564dee17b1129f4a21d57e3a4adfc9731db905b09e35b82152f19e4efba893"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia SB 425 (2018) — Removing sunset dates which members of policemen's or firemen's pension fund elect to participate in deferred retirement option plan
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB425%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=425)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB425%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=425)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ferns — primary (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-01-30** To Pensions
+- **2018-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-01-30** To Pensions
+- **2018-02-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-02** On 1st reading
+- **2018-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-05** On 2nd reading
+- **2018-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-06** On 3rd reading
+- **2018-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 71) `passage`
+- **2018-02-06** Ordered to House
+- **2018-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-02-07** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-28** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2018-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-06** Do pass
+- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 457) `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-03-10** House Message received
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
+- **2018-04-23** Chapter 157, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ff89313-55eb-4151-9632-9c841f1f367e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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