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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the state"
+description: "Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the state"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 628"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 628 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Claims", "Legislature"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/482260a8-60dc-4e9b-bbc7-40d8ed58d8ee"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=628&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "34e4e25c5ee7ad76ae130ccaaabdf7bae725f5a580fa8e68a48f11c569940a9a"
+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 628 (2024) — Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the state
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb628%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=628)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb628%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=628)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb628%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=628)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tarr — primary (person)
+- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-02-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute reported
+- **2024-02-12** On 1st reading
+- **2024-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-13** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-14** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 139) `passage`
+- **2024-02-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 139)
+- **2024-02-14** Ordered to House
+- **2024-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-02-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** Do pass
+- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 639) `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 640)
+- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-23** Chapter 51, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/482260a8-60dc-4e9b-bbc7-40d8ed58d8ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+