---
type: "Bill"
title: "To update all retirement plans to comport with federal law"
description: "To update all retirement plans to comport with federal law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4540"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4540 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement", "State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Storch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b688374-64b2-4613-a0a3-2fdbedeee812"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4540&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "853a3d8d6239d6c2870a6e729d6a46d87f8e6a273c06c57a7dc6613ef92625aa"
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 HB 4540 (2022) — To update all retirement plans to comport with federal law

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4540%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4540)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4540%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4540)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4540%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4540)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Storch — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-03** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2022-02-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 265) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-01** To Pensions then Finance
- **2022-03-01** To Pensions
- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 414) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 256, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b688374-64b2-4613-a0a3-2fdbedeee812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).