---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing municipalities with police or firefighter employees in PERS to elect to become participating employer in Municipal Police Officer and Firefighter Retirement System for a limited time"
description: "Authorizing municipalities with police or firefighter employees in PERS to elect to become participating employer in Municipal Police Officer and Firefighter Retirement System for a limited time"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2026"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2026 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cbd6b3-2369-47e7-81cb-6f5492e144b9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2026&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1f163a68a0414f15b2d0c0f9d5cac2ab6cf6e2044977c23c79416cde956c9f9c"
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 2026 (2023) — Authorizing municipalities with police or firefighter employees in PERS to elect to become participating employer in Municipal Police Officer and Firefighter Retirement System for a limited time

## 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=hb2026%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2026)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2026%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2026)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2026%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2026)
4. **hb2026 hfa criss and householder 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2026 hfa criss and householder 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **hb2026 hfat criss and householder 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2026 hfat criss and householder 3-11 adopted.htm)
6. **hb2026 sfa nelson _ 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2026 sfa nelson _ 3-7 adopted.htm)
7. **hb2026 sfa weld _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2026 sfa weld _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
8. **hb2026 sfat weld _2 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2026 sfat weld _2 3-9 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clark — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Honaker — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 288) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Pensions then Finance
- **2023-02-28** To Pensions
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/8/2023 with right to amend
- **2023-03-09** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/9/2023 with right to amend
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Weld floor amendment reported
- **2023-03-10** Nelson amend to Weld amend adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Weld floor amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 536) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 754)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 618)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 85, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6cbd6b3-2369-47e7-81cb-6f5492e144b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).