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type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing county commissions to pay election officials"
description: "Authorizing county commissions to pay election officials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 548"
citation: "West Virginia SB 548 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0adfa9e8-9f99-4bbd-8b68-01a1f44bb57d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=548&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a206c9a345125f4ff6ac8d71d45f643f39167bf2c682ee485f823412671ac066"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB548%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=548)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB548%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=548)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB548%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=548)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB548%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=548)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **962** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **330** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0adfa9e8-9f99-4bbd-8b68-01a1f44bb57d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).