---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furlough"
description: "Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furlough"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 945"
citation: "West Virginia SB 945 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military and Veterans", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4394b7dc-b7f3-4472-87d7-da38b98878f0"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=945&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fb51bd360f33270b27bd7e0d57b7e6fcd6de427bf54681c53a98d87aa5306238"
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 945 (2026) — Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furlough

## 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=sb945%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=945)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb945%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=945)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb945%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=945)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb945%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=945)
5. **sb945 hfin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb945%20hfin%20amt%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb945 sfa weld _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb945%20sfa%20weld%20_1%202-23%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-16** To Military
- **2026-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-16** To Military
- **2026-02-20** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 219) `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-25** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** With title amendment, do pass
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 396) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **2026-03-11** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 473) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 159, 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/4394b7dc-b7f3-4472-87d7-da38b98878f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).