---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding classification and base salaries of certain civilian employees of State Police Forensic Laboratory"
description: "Adding classification and base salaries of certain civilian employees of State Police Forensic Laboratory"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 613"
citation: "West Virginia SB 613 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bab33eff-0fa4-44fd-9f68-09da2b75bc27"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=613&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "876009a90310209f2345a606946f22b9743ccb8b2b72835fc94ff26d2ef0da6e"
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 613 (2021) — Adding classification and base salaries of certain civilian employees of State Police Forensic Laboratory

## 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=SB613%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=613)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB613%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=613)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB613%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=613)
4. **SB613 HFIN AMT 4-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB613 HFIN AMT 4-5 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-10** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2021-03-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Immediate consideration
- **2021-03-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 268) `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 268)
- **2021-03-31** Ordered to House
- **2021-04-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** With title amendment, do pass
- **2021-04-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed House (Roll No. 521) `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-08** Taken up for further consideration
- **2021-04-08** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 530)
- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-09** House Message received
- **2021-04-09** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 397) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 397)
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-09** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 209, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bab33eff-0fa4-44fd-9f68-09da2b75bc27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).