republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-584.md

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Bill	Finding certain claims against state to be moral obligations of state	Finding certain claims against state to be moral obligations of state	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 584	West Virginia SB 584 (2018)	bill	Claims Legislature	enacted	Blair	2	41	3	2018-02-19	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/f724199d-0e7c-4cf7-895e-b821fd6d7acc	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=584&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ca87ef9da05536034dbbc81d757306617fd55a1f936396c5f289ff047d496aea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 584 (2018) — Finding certain claims against state to be moral obligations of state

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Blair — primary (person)
• Boso — cosponsor (person)
• Facemire — cosponsor (person)
• Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-19 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-02-19 To Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-19 To Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-23 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 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 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-28 Passed Senate (Roll No. 255) passage
• 2018-02-28 Effective from passage (Roll No. 255)
• 2018-02-28 Ordered to House
• 2018-02-28 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-28 To Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2018-03-03 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2018-03-05 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-06 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-07 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Passed House (Roll No. 384) passage
• 2018-03-07 Effective from passage (Roll No. 385)
• 2018-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-08 House Message received
• 2018-03-08 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 396)
• 2018-03-08 Effective from passage (Roll No. 396)
• 2018-03-08 Communicated to House
• 2018-03-08 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-09 House received Senate message
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-19 To Governor 3/19/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-20 Approved by Governor 3/20/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-04-23 Chapter 39, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f724199d-0e7c-4cf7-895e-b821fd6d7acc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).