---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase"
description: "Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "West Virginia SB 294 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Salaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3c6ccc7-42a4-45b2-97ca-0cb165a4748c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=294&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2a8bcfc63b8e73d2ddcdbde4da24f1e41ea2eed07acf4e8814da9f5657fd6bf7"
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 294 (2023) — Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase

## 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=sb294%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=294)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb294%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=294)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb294%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=294)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-18** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-01-31** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-02-01** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 125) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Do pass
- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 596) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-10** House Message received
- **2023-03-15** To Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 81, 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/a3c6ccc7-42a4-45b2-97ca-0cb165a4748c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).