---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials"
description: "Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 587"
citation: "West Virginia SB 587 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af593239-c884-46d4-be4f-b3981c9e7ac7"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=587&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dd6c438fbba0a5139feef454b99c17a154646b8a7d2a1078e2c84943423aa1e2"
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 587 (2026) — Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials

## 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=sb587%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=587)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=587)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=587)
4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=587)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=587)
6. **Motion to limit debate to 5 minutes adopted (Roll No. 697)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2026/RS/votes/house/00697.pdf)
7. **sb587 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb587%20hfin%20am%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb587 hfin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb587%20hfin%20amt%20adopted.htm)
9. **sb587 sfa clements _2 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb587%20sfa%20clements%20_2%203-4%20adopted.htm)
10. **sb587 sfa martin _1 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb587%20sfa%20martin%20_1%203-14%20adopted.htm)
11. **sb587 sfat martin _1 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb587%20sfat%20martin%20_1%203-14%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- DEBATE LIMIT TO 5 MIN — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Helton — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-23** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Com. sub. for com. sub. 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 with right to amend
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 330) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 331)
- **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. 540) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 541)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 605)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 606)
- **2026-03-14** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** Motion to limit debate to 5 minutes adopted (Roll No. 697)
- **2026-03-14** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 709)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 710)
- **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`
- **2026-04-02** Became law 4/2/2026
- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 82, 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/af593239-c884-46d4-be4f-b3981c9e7ac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).