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+type: "Bill"
+title: "To modify the salaries of the Governor and Constitutional officers beginning January 1, 2025"
+description: "To modify the salaries of the Governor and Constitutional officers beginning January 1, 2025"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 3135"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3135 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Salaries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-30"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/542da8d1-f4fc-4e6b-806b-10392283517c"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3135&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "08d63f5e37b01c80a8692c3884db1a14726dbe58bac2c47d7c51682017797012"
+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 3135 (2023) — To modify the salaries of the Governor and Constitutional officers beginning January 1, 2025
+
+## 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=hb3135%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3135)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3135%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3135)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3135%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3135)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3135%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3135)
+5. **hb3135 hfa householder and criss 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3135 hfa householder and criss 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **hb3135 hfa summers 2-28 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3135 hfa summers 2-28 _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **hb3135 hfat householder and criss 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3135 hfat householder and criss 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
+8. **hb3135 s fin am _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3135 s fin am _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
+9. **hb3135 s fin amt _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3135 s fin amt _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **25–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Westfall — primary (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-30** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-30** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-25** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 379) `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 526) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 783)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 627)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 75, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/542da8d1-f4fc-4e6b-806b-10392283517c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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