---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters"
description: "Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 717"
citation: "West Virginia SB 717 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oliverio"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8832514a-3dee-431b-9dec-19a0414c2ca8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=717&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5affd88a86d2a445e8e966deaa089a9acb265be37cd0c31d8d1fa97785df932e"
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 717 (2026) — Modifying disability and retirement benefits and procedures for municipal police and firefighters

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb717%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=717)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb717%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=717)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Oliverio — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-03** To Pensions then Finance
- **2026-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To Pensions
- **2026-02-10** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 148) `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 149)
- **2026-02-19** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-20** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-20** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** 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. 437) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 438)
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** 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 204, 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/8832514a-3dee-431b-9dec-19a0414c2ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).