---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System"
description: "Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "West Virginia SB 654 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fd67303-d722-4a82-bda0-47f09e2413e6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=654&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "beb13f5b7bb0677b6cbfad9c8ed74676241d98ad1815a1aa355b5e9787da8554"
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 654 (2020) — Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB654%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=654)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB654%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=654)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Hardesty — cosponsor (person)
- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-29** To Pensions then Finance
- **2020-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** To Pensions
- **2020-02-06** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-02-07** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 111) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Do pass
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 573) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 71, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fd67303-d722-4a82-bda0-47f09e2413e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).