---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System"
description: "Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2900"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2900 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 58
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7a4ea1f-a06f-4994-ac25-5effb2952139"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2900&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "95d262e231d69b25038d6a5d6f433c40933b8c5634a96946a13fa5618c4c5a10"
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 2900 (2023) — Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System

## 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=hb2900%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2900)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2900%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2900)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2900%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2900)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2900%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2900)
5. **hb2900 hfat criss 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2900 hfat criss 2-25 adopted.htm)
6. **hb2900 s pen am _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2900 s pen am _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
7. **hb2900 s pen amt _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2900 s pen amt _1 3-2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-23** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/21
- **2023-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2023-02-25** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 292) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 293)
- **2023-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Pensions
- **2023-02-28** To Pensions
- **2023-03-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Rereferred to Pensions on 3rd reading `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-09** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 561) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 561)
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 777)
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 778)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **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** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 87, 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/d7a4ea1f-a06f-4994-ac25-5effb2952139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).