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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying examinations for disability pensions"
+description: "Modifying examinations for disability pensions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 475"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 475 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Municipalities", "Retirement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-25"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a14f07a-bdeb-4b44-a560-527cd5c2c39b"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=475&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "37e9177caf4ae087cef17747ed3a44c2c09a25df5afa07e9fae9396ff550d3ec"
+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 475 (2023) — Modifying examinations for disability pensions
+
+## 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=sb475%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=475)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb475%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=475)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb475%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=475)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-25** To Pensions
+- **2023-01-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-25** To Pensions
+- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute reported
+- **2023-02-03** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-07** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 139) `passage`
+- **2023-02-07** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-08** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-21** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2023-02-21** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Do pass
+- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 512) `passage`
+- **2023-03-06** Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 513)
+- **2023-03-06** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
+- **2023-03-07** House Message received
+- **2023-03-07** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
+- **2023-03-07** Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 419)
+- **2023-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 83, 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/1a14f07a-bdeb-4b44-a560-527cd5c2c39b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+