republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-82.md

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Bill	Including rebuttable presumptions in certain cases for firefighters with regard to workers' compensation	Including rebuttable presumptions in certain cases for firefighters with regard to workers' compensation	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 82	West Virginia SB 82 (2018)	bill	Workers Compensation	enacted	Ferns	4	36	2	2018-01-10	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/5327c097-e69d-4179-b15a-2bf23b752225	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=82&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	40ce42ee9b6c9f6621c70bf602ad99a8336833ac92a0c951e0fab9242c88f97a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 82 (2018) — Including rebuttable presumptions in certain cases for firefighters with regard to workers' compensation

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 — 33–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 96–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ferns — primary (person)
• Cline — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-01-10 To Government Organization then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-10 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-01-10 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
• 2018-02-22 2nd reference dispensed
• 2018-02-23 On 1st reading
• 2018-02-23 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-26 On 2nd reading
• 2018-02-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-26 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2018-02-27 On 3rd reading
• 2018-02-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-27 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 205) passage
• 2018-02-27 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
• 2018-03-06 Do pass
• 2018-03-07 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-07 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-08 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-09 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-09 Passed House (Roll No. 438) passage
• 2018-03-09 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-10 House Message received
• 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 246, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5327c097-e69d-4179-b15a-2bf23b752225. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).