---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys"
description: "Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3156"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3156 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba32bf8-ed0e-471c-8ac5-75874f062061"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3156&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b3f333a96d97e89a7062a5a49659e545d3db02989ab7306f2abfb3484df18bdb"
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 3156 (2023) — Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys

## 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=hb3156%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3156)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3156%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3156)
3. **hb3156 s fin am _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3156 s fin am _1 3-8 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Nestor — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Do pass
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 342) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with title amendment, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Finance committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 463) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Finance committee title amendment adopted
- **2023-03-09** 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. 726)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 110, 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/cba32bf8-ed0e-471c-8ac5-75874f062061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).