---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing sunset dates which members of policemen's or firemen's pension fund elect to participate in deferred retirement option plan"
description: "Removing sunset dates which members of policemen's or firemen's pension fund elect to participate in deferred retirement option plan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 425"
citation: "West Virginia SB 425 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ff89313-55eb-4151-9632-9c841f1f367e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=425&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "54564dee17b1129f4a21d57e3a4adfc9731db905b09e35b82152f19e4efba893"
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 425 (2018) — Removing sunset dates which members of policemen's or firemen's pension fund elect to participate in deferred retirement option plan

## 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=SB425%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=425)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB425%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=425)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ferns — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-30** To Pensions
- **2018-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** To Pensions
- **2018-02-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 71) `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Do pass
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 457) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 157, 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/1ff89313-55eb-4151-9632-9c841f1f367e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).