---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to accrued benefit of retirees in Deputy Sheriff Retirement System"
description: "Relating to accrued benefit of retirees in Deputy Sheriff Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 501"
citation: "West Virginia SB 501 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Officials", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drennan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dca6302-445e-49bb-829c-8ba51f776e50"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=501&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dbf4509d25e0714af79e71430166f056c249d0dcb3a32b14f0add35e670bf087"
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 501 (2018) — Relating to accrued benefit of retirees in Deputy Sheriff Retirement System

## 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=SB501%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=501)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB501%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=501)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB501%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=501)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Drennan — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-07** To Pensions then Finance
- **2018-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To Pensions
- **2018-02-16** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 181) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 468) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 469)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 484)
- **2018-03-10** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 484)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-22** House received Senate message
- **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`
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 52, 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/5dca6302-445e-49bb-829c-8ba51f776e50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).