---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability"
description: "Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 977"
citation: "West Virginia SB 977 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-17"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eaf3b37-ff83-4041-bbd6-eeb6f3b1a9bf"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=977&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "612861996afcdd6c5454aed591cfa2dcb725fcb5c7887aac4d4d77f97729aa6c"
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 977 (2026) — Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability

## 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=sb977%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=977)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb977%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=977)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb977%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=977)
4. **sb977 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb977%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-17** To Pensions then Finance
- **2026-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** To Pensions
- **2026-02-23** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 243) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-27** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **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
- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 613) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 637)
- **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`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 194, 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/9eaf3b37-ff83-4041-bbd6-eeb6f3b1a9bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).