---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating Public Employees Grievance Board procedure that certain decisions be appealed to Intermediate Court of Appeals"
description: "Updating Public Employees Grievance Board procedure that certain decisions be appealed to Intermediate Court of Appeals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 370"
citation: "West Virginia SB 370 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2266480a-7799-4297-b4c5-fd30ca6c9ec5"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=370&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "149e87e4e65ace307865aaab4f0d41a99d638a434331c190f6e9228360137b90"
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 370 (2024) — Updating Public Employees Grievance Board procedure that certain decisions be appealed to Intermediate Court of Appeals

## 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=sb370%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=370)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb370%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=370)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb370%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=370)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 134) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 134)
- **2024-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Do pass
- **2024-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 428) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 429)
- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-04** House Message received
- **2024-03-06** To Governor 3/6/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** To Governor 3/6/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 206, 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/2266480a-7799-4297-b4c5-fd30ca6c9ec5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).