---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing salaries of certain state employees"
description: "Increasing salaries of certain state employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "West Virginia SB 267 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 61
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8d7f9be-05ac-4f3a-be2d-a3b19a923b31"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=267&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3004bb5ee9220379f8b1f200cf32aa5d4ca546026519992e228ac8a150394f0e"
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 267 (2018) — Increasing salaries of certain state employees

## 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=SB267%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=267)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB267%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=267)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB267%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=267)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMEND. — **53–43** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **84–12** (pass) · legislature
- HFA MCGEEHAN & FOLK 2-12 — **50–50** (fail) · legislature
- HFA MILEY ET AL 2-12 — **42–58** (fail) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **59–37** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-12** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-30** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/30/18
- **2018-01-31** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/31/18
- **2018-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Prezioso Floor amendments 1 rejected (Roll No. 51)
- **2018-02-01** Prezioso Floor amendment 2 rejected (Roll No. 52)
- **2018-02-02** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 55) `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 55)
- **2018-02-02** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-12** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 87)
- **2018-02-12** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 88)
- **2018-02-12** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2018-02-12** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2018-02-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 90) `passage`
- **2018-02-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-13** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 91)
- **2018-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-15** House Message received
- **2018-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Motion to discharge bill from committee rejected (Roll No. 136)
- **2018-02-20** Reported do pass, with amendment to House amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Immediate consideration
- **2018-02-20** Amendment to House amendment adopted (Roll No. 165)
- **2018-02-20** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 166)
- **2018-02-20** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 166)
- **2018-02-20** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-02-20** House received Senate message
- **2018-02-20** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 175)
- **2018-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 176) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 177)
- **2018-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-20** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-21** House Message received
- **2018-02-21** To Governor 2/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-22** To Governor 2/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-21** Approved by Governor 2/21/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22** Approved by Governor 2/21/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-02-23** Approved by Governor 2/21/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 189, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8d7f9be-05ac-4f3a-be2d-a3b19a923b31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).