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legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-294.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase"
+description: "Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 294"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 294 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections", "Salaries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-18"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3c6ccc7-42a4-45b2-97ca-0cb165a4748c"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=294&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "2a8bcfc63b8e73d2ddcdbde4da24f1e41ea2eed07acf4e8814da9f5657fd6bf7"
+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 294 (2023) — Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase
+
+## 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=sb294%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=294)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb294%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=294)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb294%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=294)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Woodrum — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-18** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-18** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
+- **2023-01-31** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2023-02-01** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-02** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-03** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 125) `passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-06** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Do pass
+- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 596) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-10** House Message received
+- **2023-03-15** To Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-15** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 81, 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/a3c6ccc7-42a4-45b2-97ca-0cb165a4748c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+