---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying per diem compensation for certain judges recalled to service"
description: "Clarifying per diem compensation for certain judges recalled to service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "West Virginia SB 649 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4b12418-7442-4cd5-97de-33afe0be1849"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=649&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3ec7b90b7372f65cd8e271e66a1cccdc9336195f08ce5e78e02cd57cc7f84d15"
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 649 (2024) — Clarifying per diem compensation for certain judges recalled to service

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb649%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=649)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb649%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=649)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb649%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=649)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-05** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2024-02-15** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2024-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 176) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Do pass
- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 562) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4b12418-7442-4cd5-97de-33afe0be1849`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).