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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to compensation and expense reimbursement for members of Legislature"
+description: "Relating to compensation and expense reimbursement for members of Legislature"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 740"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 740 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-27"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eab6cff-a619-41ca-8ab1-39939413a76f"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=740&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "610b070375d2357996939a93af275ba9a73f118c4603b11abc28d12d8a141b3a"
+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 740 (2023) — Relating to compensation and expense reimbursement for members of Legislature
+
+## 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=sb740%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=740)
+2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb740%20org.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=740)
+3. **sb740 hfat criss 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb740 hfat criss 3-10 adopted.htm)
+4. **sb740 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb740 hfin am adopted.htm)
+5. **sb740 sfa takubo _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb740 sfa takubo _1 3-11 adopted.htm)
+6. **sb740 sfat takubo _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb740 sfat takubo _1 3-11 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **26–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-27** Originating in Senate Rules
+- **2023-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-27** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-01** Deferred until foot of 1st reading
+- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 345) `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Ordered to House
+- **2023-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-03-10** Motion to reform amendment rejected (Roll No. 710)
+- **2023-03-10** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 711) `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-03-10** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 712) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 575)
+- **2023-03-11** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
+- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 616)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - 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 206, 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/1eab6cff-a619-41ca-8ab1-39939413a76f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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