---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to compensation and expense reimbursement for members of Legislature"
description: "Relating to compensation and expense reimbursement for members of Legislature"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 740"
citation: "West Virginia SB 740 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eab6cff-a619-41ca-8ab1-39939413a76f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=740&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "610b070375d2357996939a93af275ba9a73f118c4603b11abc28d12d8a141b3a"
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 SB 740 (2023) — Relating to compensation and expense reimbursement for members of Legislature

## 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=sb740%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=740)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb740%20org.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=740)
3. **sb740 hfat criss 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb740 hfat criss 3-10 adopted.htm)
4. **sb740 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb740 hfin am adopted.htm)
5. **sb740 sfa takubo _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb740 sfa takubo _1 3-11 adopted.htm)
6. **sb740 sfat takubo _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb740 sfat takubo _1 3-11 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **26–7** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** Originating in Senate Rules
- **2023-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-01** Deferred until foot of 1st reading
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 345) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Ordered to House
- **2023-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-10** Motion to reform amendment rejected (Roll No. 710)
- **2023-03-10** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 711) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-10** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 712) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 575)
- **2023-03-11** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 616)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 206, 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/1eab6cff-a619-41ca-8ab1-39939413a76f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).