---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjusting salaries for certain administrative law judges"
description: "Adjusting salaries for certain administrative law judges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1038"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1038 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-21"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78ae2db0-dfc2-41e3-bd18-56524031115b"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1038&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1f2e3ca07c3d0cd7bd96a5740077d5e3720820bc5911ccb817810a7bb1e2b337"
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 1038 (2026) — Adjusting salaries for certain administrative law judges

## 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=sb1038%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1038)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1038%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1038)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1038%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1038)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1038%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1038)
5. **sb1038 sfa barrett _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb1038%20sfa%20barrett%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Helton — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Fuller — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- M. Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-21** To Workforce then Finance
- **2026-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-21** To Workforce
- **2026-02-23** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 351) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 352)
- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Do pass
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 622) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 623)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **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`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 90, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78ae2db0-dfc2-41e3-bd18-56524031115b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).