republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-548.md

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Bill	Authorizing county commissions to pay election officials	Authorizing county commissions to pay election officials	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 548	West Virginia SB 548 (2018)	bill	Elections	enacted	Jeffries	4	41	3	2018-02-15	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/0adfa9e8-9f99-4bbd-8b68-01a1f44bb57d	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=548&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	a206c9a345125f4ff6ac8d71d45f643f39167bf2c682ee485f823412671ac066	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 548 (2018) — Authorizing county commissions to pay election officials

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 96–2 (pass) · legislature
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeffries — primary (person)
• Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
• Beach — cosponsor (person)
• Cline — cosponsor (person)
• Drennan — cosponsor (person)
• Facemire — cosponsor (person)
• Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
• Ojeda — cosponsor (person)
• Plymale — cosponsor (person)
• Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
• Romano — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Stollings — cosponsor (person)
• Swope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-02-15 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-15 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2018-02-23 Committee substitute reported
• 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 Unanimous consent to amend
• 2018-02-28 Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
• 2018-02-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-28 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 248) passage
• 2018-02-28 Ordered to House
• 2018-02-28 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-28 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 Do pass
• 2018-03-06 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-07 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-08 Passed House (Roll No. 411) passage
• 2018-03-08 Effective from passage (Roll No. 412)
• 2018-03-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-09 House Message received
• 2018-03-09 Senate concurred in House changed effective date
• 2018-03-09 Effective from passage (Roll No. 462)
• 2018-03-09 Communicated to House
• 2018-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-10 House received Senate message
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-21 To Governor 3/21/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-04-23 Chapter 78, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0adfa9e8-9f99-4bbd-8b68-01a1f44bb57d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).