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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System"
+description: "Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 451"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 451 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Retirement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2615359-316e-4843-9fa0-2848678dcd64"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=451&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "c989931fa088cb22bf0f315dbe4b9e60d633a8828b726db80ca9374eab5c08d2"
+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 451 (2023) — Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System
+
+## 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=sb451%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=451)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=451)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=451)
+4. **sb451 h fin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb451 h fin amt adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-24** To Pensions then Finance
+- **2023-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-24** To Pensions
+- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
+- **2023-02-02** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2023-02-03** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-03** Laid over on 1st reading 2/3/2023
+- **2023-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-07** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-08** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 146) `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-09** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-09** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-21** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2023-02-21** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-04** With title amendment, do pass
+- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 555) `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-09** House Message received
+- **2023-03-09** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 447) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 245, 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/d2615359-316e-4843-9fa0-2848678dcd64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+