---
type: "Bill"
title: "Finding certain claims against state to be moral obligations of state"
description: "Finding certain claims against state to be moral obligations of state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 584"
citation: "West Virginia SB 584 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-19"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f724199d-0e7c-4cf7-895e-b821fd6d7acc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=584&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ca87ef9da05536034dbbc81d757306617fd55a1f936396c5f289ff047d496aea"
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 584 (2018) — Finding certain claims against state to be moral obligations of state

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB584%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=584)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB584%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=584)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 255) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 255)
- **2018-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 384) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 385)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 396)
- **2018-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 396)
- **2018-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 39, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f724199d-0e7c-4cf7-895e-b821fd6d7acc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).