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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furlough"
+description: "Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furlough"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 945"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 945 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military and Veterans", "Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-16"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4394b7dc-b7f3-4472-87d7-da38b98878f0"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=945&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "fb51bd360f33270b27bd7e0d57b7e6fcd6de427bf54681c53a98d87aa5306238"
+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 945 (2026) — Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furlough
+
+## 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=sb945%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=945)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb945%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=945)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb945%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=945)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb945%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=945)
+5. **sb945 hfin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb945%20hfin%20amt%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb945 sfa weld _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb945%20sfa%20weld%20_1%202-23%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Weld — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-16** To Military
+- **2026-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-16** To Military
+- **2026-02-20** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-02-21** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-23** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-23** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-24** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 219) `passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-25** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** With title amendment, do pass
+- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 396) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-11** House Message received
+- **2026-03-11** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 473) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 159, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4394b7dc-b7f3-4472-87d7-da38b98878f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+