---
type: "Bill"
title: "Setting amount of unemployment taxes and benefits"
description: "Setting amount of unemployment taxes and benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 841"
citation: "West Virginia SB 841 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-19"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e896fe05-7fc1-4afb-b4eb-8d057983ef44"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=841&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a2709dc00cff00b176388db164af9648269a183c6ebb892536459de0f38f9cb2"
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 841 (2024) — Setting amount of unemployment taxes and benefits

## 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=sb841%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=841)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb841%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=841)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb841%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=841)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb841%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=841)
5. **Motion for immediate consideration and read 1st time adopted (Roll No. 255)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2024/RS/votes/senate/02-26-0255.pdf)
6. **sb841 hfa riley and fehrenbacher 3-9 _2 (adopted as amend to hfin am).htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb841%20hfa%20riley%20and%20fehrenbacher%203-9%20_2%20(adopted%20as%20amend%20to%20hfin%20am).htm)
7. **sb841 hfat riley and fehrenbacher _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb841%20hfat%20riley%20and%20fehrenbacher%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb841 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb841%20hfin%20am%20adopted.htm)
9. **sb841 sfa nelson _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb841%20sfa%20nelson%20_1%202-28%20adopted.htm)
10. **sb841 sfat nelson _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb841%20sfat%20nelson%20_1%202-28%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND RULE — **84–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-26** Motion for immediate consideration and read 1st time adopted (Roll No. 255)
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-02-28** Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 314) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-28** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 314)
- **2024-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Placed on House Calendar
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2024-03-09** Placed on House Calendar
- **2024-03-09** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-09** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 740)
- **2024-03-09** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 741) `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 520)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Became law 3/27/24
- **2024-03-09** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2024-03-09** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 264, 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/e896fe05-7fc1-4afb-b4eb-8d057983ef44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).