---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to compensation for senior judges"
description: "Relating to compensation for senior judges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "West Virginia SB 398 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d512552-f637-4813-bb02-58eed5ab75f5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=398&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f1822f4f5017e0fba3f8d648b2f9e02fc3dfb8b83c64ce5c18b797851096b343"
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 398 (2019) — Relating to compensation for senior judges

## 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=SB398%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=398)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB398%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=398)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB398%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=398)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **77–23** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-23** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2019-01-30** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2019-01-31** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 76) `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-04** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2019-02-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 78)
- **2019-02-04** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 597) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 598)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 473)
- **2019-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 473)
- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 694)
- **2019-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 695)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 67, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d512552-f637-4813-bb02-58eed5ab75f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).