---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing earning limit for employees who accept separation incentive"
description: "Increasing earning limit for employees who accept separation incentive"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 703"
citation: "West Virginia SB 703 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Salaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prezioso"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d413a680-ef07-431f-8e50-ab87d6bfdcdd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=703&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fe643a31706fe89708e96dcaa5fa2cf4014d0505ed0e8fc728366aeb197c22f1"
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 703 (2020) — Increasing earning limit for employees who accept separation incentive

## 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=SB703%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=703)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB703%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=703)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Prezioso — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Beach — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hardesty — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 158) `passage`
- **2020-02-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 158)
- **2020-02-17** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Do pass
- **2020-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 401) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 402)
- **2020-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-29** House Message received
- **2020-03-10** To Governor 3/10/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 172, 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/d413a680-ef07-431f-8e50-ab87d6bfdcdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).