---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing pay increases to members of judiciary"
description: "Providing pay increases to members of judiciary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "West Virginia SB 29 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Salaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oliverio"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69963544-3040-4773-adcc-0d8a4049e8c4"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=29&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "331b43385b77a57c52738b078dab48d854b24efe691d947e683e536dfa1df8bf"
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 29 (2026) — Providing pay increases to members of judiciary

## 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=sb29%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=29)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb29%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=29)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb29%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=29)
4. **sb29 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb29%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Oliverio — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 318) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 319)
- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 510) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 511)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 639)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 640)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 88, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69963544-3040-4773-adcc-0d8a4049e8c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).