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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to return of member's paid contributions to heirs after member's death under certain circumstances"
description: "Relating to return of member's paid contributions to heirs after member's death under certain circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "West Virginia SB 459 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51f6ef6a-b8b4-46cc-85de-dc6b15fd0acb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=459&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "77fc13f32d362b751252bd3bbb62134fd1ca085190ba1ce2a00740cd97bf87a1"
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 459 (2021) — Relating to return of member's paid contributions to heirs after member's death under certain circumstances
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB459%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=459)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB459%20ORG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=459)
## Votes
- Passage — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-25** Originating in Senate Pensions
- **2021-02-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 45)
- **2021-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 46) `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 46)
- **2021-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Do pass
- **2021-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2021-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 76)
- **2021-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 77) `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 78)
- **2021-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-05** House Message received
- **2021-03-10** To Governor 3/10/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** To Governor 3/10/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-16** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 69, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51f6ef6a-b8b4-46cc-85de-dc6b15fd0acb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).