---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing annual salaries of certain employees of the state"
description: "Relating to increasing annual salaries of certain employees of the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4883"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4883 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e118f24d-a2c4-44a6-bc0d-4058297f3d2f"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4883&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0a630bf94bdc6f3e1c965b8bb1cfa8415cdcb36192a6e9b76b4b5b911c5364f2"
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 HB 4883 (2024) — Relating to increasing annual salaries of certain employees of the state

## 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=hb4883%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4883)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4883%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4883)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4883%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4883)

## Votes

- EFFECT July 01, 2024 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- HFA PUSHKIN & E. PRITT 2-27 — **32–54** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Nestor — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-17** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 341) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 358) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-03-08** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/8/2024 with right to amend
- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 514) `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-09** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 514)
- **2024-03-09** Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 748)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 207, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e118f24d-a2c4-44a6-bc0d-4058297f3d2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).