---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to WV public employees grievance procedure"
description: "Relating to WV public employees grievance procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "West Virginia SB 461 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c06359a6-c169-4490-a69d-4418670b127f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=461&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "df91b475ae8b984b0fb9c5c7ecbc2262b67177b13acc68860fbb4a656b2178e0"
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 461 (2023) — Relating to WV public employees grievance procedure

## 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=sb461%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=461)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb461%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=461)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb461%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=461)
4. **sb461 h committee on the judiciary am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb461 h committee on the judiciary am _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb461 hfat capito 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb461 hfat capito 3-9 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute reported
- **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. 128) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 663) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 579)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 247, 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/c06359a6-c169-4490-a69d-4418670b127f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).