---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to PEIA"
description: "Relating to PEIA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 268"
citation: "West Virginia SB 268 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe8bc601-621f-48a2-bfc0-a79d5dc0a539"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=268&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1b5abe82942c365491534ea2a790028eade60a11efc2d5f36a4244118684be3d"
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 268 (2023) — Relating to PEIA

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 467)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00467.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb268%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=268)
3. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb268%20sub2.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=268)
4. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb268%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=268)
5. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb268%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=268)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb268%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=268)
7. **sb268 hfa summer 3-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb268 hfa summer 3-3 _1 adopted.htm)
8. **sb268 hfat criss 3-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb268 hfat criss 3-4 _1 adopted.htm)
9. **sb268 hfin am adopted as amended.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb268 hfin am adopted as amended.htm)
10. **sb268 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb268 hfin am adopted.htm)
11. **sb268 sfa takubo _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb268 sfa takubo _1 2-24 adopted.htm)
12. **sb268 steele _ burkhammer hfa 3-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb268 steele _ burkhammer hfa 3-4 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-24** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/24/2023
- **2023-02-25** Deferred until foot of 1st reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-25** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 283) `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 283)
- **2023-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 463)
- **2023-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 464)
- **2023-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 465)
- **2023-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 466)
- **2023-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 467)
- **2023-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 468) `passage`
- **2023-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 469)
- **2023-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-06** House Message received
- **2023-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 377)
- **2023-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 377)
- **2023-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 241, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe8bc601-621f-48a2-bfc0-a79d5dc0a539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).