---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying approval process requirements for First Responders Honor Board"
description: "Modifying approval process requirements for First Responders Honor Board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "West Virginia SB 271 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cd7f284-7369-43b8-80c3-1b29cb434ec9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=271&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "050ad62d5eacea691700224a68a634fff065aebb1d8e4aaf45a9edfdd07b79c7"
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 271 (2023) — Modifying approval process requirements for First Responders Honor Board

## 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=sb271%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=271)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb271%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=271)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb271%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=271)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-01-26** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 96) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization
- **2023-01-31** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2023-02-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Do pass
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 647) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 277, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cd7f284-7369-43b8-80c3-1b29cb434ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).