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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "To update all retirement plans to comport with federal law"
+description: "To update all retirement plans to comport with federal law"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 4540"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4540 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Retirement", "State Personnel"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Storch"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-03"
+last_action: "2022-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b688374-64b2-4613-a0a3-2fdbedeee812"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4540&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "853a3d8d6239d6c2870a6e729d6a46d87f8e6a273c06c57a7dc6613ef92625aa"
+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 HB 4540 (2022) — To update all retirement plans to comport with federal law
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4540%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4540)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4540%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4540)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4540%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4540)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Storch — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bates — cosponsor (person)
+- Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
+- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2022-02-03** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2022-02-03** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-15** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2022-02-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-23** By substitute, do pass
+- **2022-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 265) `passage`
+- **2022-02-28** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-03-01** To Pensions then Finance
+- **2022-03-01** To Pensions
+- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-07** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading
+- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading
+- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 414) `passage`
+- **2022-03-10** Communicated to House
+- **2022-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
+- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
+- **2022-04-19** Chapter 256, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b688374-64b2-4613-a0a3-2fdbedeee812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+