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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers Defined Contribution Retirement System"
description: "Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers Defined Contribution Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "West Virginia SB 451 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2615359-316e-4843-9fa0-2848678dcd64"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=451&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c989931fa088cb22bf0f315dbe4b9e60d633a8828b726db80ca9374eab5c08d2"
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 451 (2023) — Relating to Teachers Retirement System and Teachers Defined Contribution Retirement System
## 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=sb451%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=451)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=451)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=451)
4. **sb451 h fin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb451 h fin amt adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-24** To Pensions then Finance
- **2023-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** To Pensions
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-02** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-02-03** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-03** Laid over on 1st reading 2/3/2023
- **2023-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 146) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-21** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** With title amendment, do pass
- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 555) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-09** House Message received
- **2023-03-09** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 447) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 245, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2615359-316e-4843-9fa0-2848678dcd64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).