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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys"
+description: "Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 3156"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3156 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-30"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba32bf8-ed0e-471c-8ac5-75874f062061"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3156&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "b3f333a96d97e89a7062a5a49659e545d3db02989ab7306f2abfb3484df18bdb"
+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 3156 (2023) — Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys
+
+## 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=hb3156%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3156)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3156%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3156)
+3. **hb3156 s fin am _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3156 s fin am _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steele — primary (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Fast — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Householder — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
+- Nestor — cosponsor (person)
+- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-30** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** Do pass
+- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 342) `passage`
+- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with title amendment, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading to Finance
+- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** Finance committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 463) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Finance committee title amendment adopted
+- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 726)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **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 110, 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/cba32bf8-ed0e-471c-8ac5-75874f062061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+