republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2019/sb-554.md

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Bill	Removing salary caps for director of State Rail Authority	Removing salary caps for director of State Rail Authority	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2019	SB 554	West Virginia SB 554 (2019)	bill	Boards and Commissions	enacted	Clements	2	37	2	2019-02-07	2019-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/a3daeadd-d905-4bf6-931a-6fb06d05a8f7	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=554&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	1a902531b0568b39027d549fbe3405edf5f185cacb2b5a1fd2489c0ef41e286f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 554 (2019) — Removing salary caps for director of State Rail Authority

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 — 97–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Clements — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction filing
• 2019-02-07 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2019-02-07 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2019-02-22 On 1st reading
• 2019-02-22 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2019-02-23 On 2nd reading
• 2019-02-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2019-02-25 On 3rd reading
• 2019-02-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2019-02-25 Passed Senate (Roll No. 226) passage
• 2019-02-25 Ordered to House
• 2019-02-26 Introduced in House introduction
• 2019-02-26 To Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2019-03-06 Immediate consideration
• 2019-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2019-03-07 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2019-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2019-03-07 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2019-03-08 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2019-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2019-03-08 Passed House (Roll No. 616) passage
• 2019-03-08 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2019-03-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2019-03-09 House Message received
• 2019-03-09 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 532)
• 2019-03-09 Communicated to House
• 2019-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2019-03-22 To Governor 3/22/19 executive-receipt
• 2019-03-09 To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2019-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/19 executive-signature
• 2019-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
• 2019-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
• 2019-04-16 Chapter 200, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3daeadd-d905-4bf6-931a-6fb06d05a8f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).