---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil service for deputy sheriffs"
description: "Relating to civil service for deputy sheriffs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5122"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5122 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillenbrand"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca3add46-b7d0-4c45-a26a-a46a7ceb356c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5122&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f7568c26fb4f316eea69358836cc5e1c0284a6135d1983accb70a148d560053e"
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 5122 (2024) — Relating to civil service for deputy sheriffs

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5122%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5122)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5122%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5122)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5122%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5122)
4. **hb5122 s gov amt _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5122%20s%20gov%20amt%20_1%202-24%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hillenbrand — primary (person)
- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Petitto — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Passed House (Roll No. 105) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 324) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-01** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-01** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 409)
- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-04** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 73, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca3add46-b7d0-4c45-a26a-a46a7ceb356c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).