republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-587.md

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Bill	Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials	Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 587	West Virginia SB 587 (2026)	bill	Counties Elections	enacted	Clements	11	53	4	2026-01-23	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/af593239-c884-46d4-be4f-b3981c9e7ac7	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=587&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	dd6c438fbba0a5139feef454b99c17a154646b8a7d2a1078e2c84943423aa1e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 587 (2026) — Adjusting salary schedule for elected county officials

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
6. Motion to limit debate to 5 minutes adopted (Roll No. 697) (committee substitute) — source
7. sb587 hfin am adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. sb587 hfin amt adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
9. sb587 sfa clements _2 3-4 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
10. sb587 sfa martin _1 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
11. sb587 sfat martin _1 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 94–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• DEBATE LIMIT TO 5 MIN — 54–42 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 95–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Clements — primary (person)
• Chapman — cosponsor (person)
• Charnock — cosponsor (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)
• Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Helton — cosponsor (person)
• Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Takubo — cosponsor (person)
• Tarr — cosponsor (person)
• Thorne — cosponsor (person)
• Weld — cosponsor (person)
• Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-23 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-23 To Government Organization then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-23 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2026-02-24 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
• 2026-03-02 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-03 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2026-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (Roll No. 330) passage
• 2026-03-04 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 331)
• 2026-03-04 Ordered to House
• 2026-03-05 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-05 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-03-05 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed House (Roll No. 540) passage
• 2026-03-13 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 541)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 605)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 606)
• 2026-03-14 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 Motion to limit debate to 5 minutes adopted (Roll No. 697)
• 2026-03-14 House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 709)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 710)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-19 To Governor 3/19/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-04-02 Became law 4/2/2026
• 2026-03-14 Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
• 2026-03-14 Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 82, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af593239-c884-46d4-be4f-b3981c9e7ac7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).