---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to 2019 salary adjustment for employees of DHHR"
description: "Relating to 2019 salary adjustment for employees of DHHR"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 635"
citation: "West Virginia SB 635 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Salaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arvon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8a3f9aa-4f4c-40d0-b84c-431d2f7bd2a7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=635&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "75fb9852b321f99cfcce7ed70e6d1a74ba278e863d7d89a266a6f0c0e2371883"
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 635 (2018) — Relating to 2019 salary adjustment for employees of DHHR

## 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=SB635%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=635)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB635%20ORG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=635)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arvon — primary (person)
- Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
- Ferns — cosponsor (person)
- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** Originating in Senate Finance
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 415) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered to House
- **2018-03-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-03-09** Reference dispensed
- **2018-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 483)
- **2018-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 484) `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`
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 191, 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/a8a3f9aa-4f4c-40d0-b84c-431d2f7bd2a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).