---
type: "Bill"
title: "To allow partial credits for times of disability service in the CPRB for Troopers."
description: "To allow partial credits for times of disability service in the CPRB for Troopers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5457"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5457 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hott"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/793b3f6a-7a82-42e4-a4e2-ff2cbb417e22"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5457&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1bbab137a92630086e25de2bcdcff05592ecaab49a826ee3e3de00163ad3e5c1"
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 5457 (2026) — To allow partial credits for times of disability service in the CPRB for Troopers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5457%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5457)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5457%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5457)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5457%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5457)
4. **hb5457 hfa criss 3-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5457%20hfa%20criss%203-2%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5457 hfat criss 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5457%20hfat%20criss%203-2%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hott — primary (person)
- B — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
- Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
- Green — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Do pass
- **2026-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 318) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 416) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 211, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/793b3f6a-7a82-42e4-a4e2-ff2cbb417e22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).