---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing certain state mine inspectors with raise"
description: "Providing certain state mine inspectors with raise"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 104"
citation: "West Virginia SB 104 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de27b19-efd5-4602-8142-47b7a86c695d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=104&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dcabcd581b4a78fd031ff79ec20d90007d1cac58d503b6d89e843590081c1f6b"
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 104 (2026) — Providing certain state mine inspectors with raise

## 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=sb104%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=104)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb104%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=104)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb104%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=104)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2026-01-20** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-01-20** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 89) `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 90)
- **2026-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-17** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** To Energy and Public Works then Finance
- **2026-02-17** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-26** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Do pass
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 415) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 416)
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** House Message received
- **2026-03-13** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 595)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 229, 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/0de27b19-efd5-4602-8142-47b7a86c695d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).