---
type: "Bill"
title: "Distributing assets remaining in municipal policemen's or firemen's pension and relief fund on death of last retiree or beneficiary"
description: "Distributing assets remaining in municipal policemen's or firemen's pension and relief fund on death of last retiree or beneficiary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 532"
citation: "West Virginia SB 532 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a9d1879-7811-487e-b4e5-fed178a06513"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=532&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c574a8b0553e828cf822919db50d83f4f1120efe8f6377b79928c237851261fa"
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 532 (2020) — Distributing assets remaining in municipal policemen's or firemen's pension and relief fund on death of last retiree or beneficiary

## 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=SB532%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=532)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB532%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=532)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB532%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=532)
4. **SB532 H P_R AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB532 H P_R AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB532 H P_R AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB532 H P_R AMT adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-17** To Pensions
- **2020-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** To Pensions
- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-24** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 41) `passage`
- **2020-01-28** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** To Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2020-02-11** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 151) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-13** House Message received
- **2020-02-13** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 138)
- **2020-02-13** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-13** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-14** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 69, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a9d1879-7811-487e-b4e5-fed178a06513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).