---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system"
description: "Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 724"
citation: "West Virginia SB 724 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0925d34e-3cbf-403b-842f-fe0c0a843603"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=724&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5348f8b47e3420ba56968492612e33b39ee6dde7a2025e6e863f1daf09f10479"
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 724 (2026) — Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system

## 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=sb724%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=724)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb724%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=724)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb724%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=724)
4. **sb724 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb724%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb724 h fin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb724%20h%20fin%20amt%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — 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** Committee substitute reported
- **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. 150) `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 151)
- **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`
- **2026-03-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 553) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 554)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 672)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 673)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 207, 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/0925d34e-3cbf-403b-842f-fe0c0a843603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).