republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/sb-628.md

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Bill	Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the state	Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the state	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	SB 628	West Virginia SB 628 (2024)	bill	Claims Legislature	enacted	Tarr	3	35	3	2024-02-02	2024-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/482260a8-60dc-4e9b-bbc7-40d8ed58d8ee	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=628&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	34e4e25c5ee7ad76ae130ccaaabdf7bae725f5a580fa8e68a48f11c569940a9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 628 (2024) — Declaring certain claims as moral obligations of the state

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tarr — primary (person)
• Plymale — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-02 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-02 To Finance referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-02 To Finance referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute reported
• 2024-02-12 On 1st reading
• 2024-02-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 On 2nd reading
• 2024-02-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-14 On 3rd reading
• 2024-02-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-14 Passed Senate (Roll No. 139) passage
• 2024-02-14 Effective from passage (Roll No. 139)
• 2024-02-14 Ordered to House
• 2024-02-15 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-15 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 Do pass
• 2024-03-06 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-03-07 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-08 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-08 Passed House (Roll No. 639) passage
• 2024-03-08 Effective from passage (Roll No. 640)
• 2024-03-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-03-08 Completed legislative action
• 2024-03-09 House Message received
• 2024-03-12 To Governor 3/12/2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 executive-signature
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Chapter 51, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/482260a8-60dc-4e9b-bbc7-40d8ed58d8ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).