---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to readiness enhancement and commission bonuses"
description: "Relating generally to readiness enhancement and commission bonuses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3315"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3315 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7802e47-2eb5-4116-98b7-3e5e7810de6a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3315&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fd8e8476bc76c628832293178796a32aa6bc929db1af4490acdfd6a629c56675"
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 3315 (2023) — Relating generally to readiness enhancement and commission bonuses

## 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=hb3315%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3315)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3315%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3315)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3315%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3315)
4. **hb3315 sfa weld _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3315 sfa weld _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3315 sfat weld _2 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3315 sfat weld _2 3-9 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-07** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** By substitute, 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. 345) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading 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** Chapman amend to Weld amend rejected (Roll No. 530)
- **2023-03-10** Weld floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 531) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Weld title amendment adopted
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 615)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **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 287, 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/c7802e47-2eb5-4116-98b7-3e5e7810de6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).