republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-724.md

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Bill	Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system	Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 724	West Virginia SB 724 (2026)	bill	Public Safety Retirement	enacted	Barrett	5	44	3	2026-02-03	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/0925d34e-3cbf-403b-842f-fe0c0a843603	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=724&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	5348f8b47e3420ba56968492612e33b39ee6dde7a2025e6e863f1daf09f10479	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 724 (2026) — Relating to home confinement officers’ participation in EMS retirement system

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
4. sb724 h fin am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb724 h fin amt adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 90–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barrett — primary (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Oliverio — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-03 To Pensions then Finance
• 2026-02-03 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-03 To Pensions
• 2026-02-10 Reported do pass, but first to Finance committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-17 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-17 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-18 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-19 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Passed Senate (Roll No. 150) passage
• 2026-02-19 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 151)
• 2026-02-19 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-20 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-20 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-20 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 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. 553) passage
• 2026-03-13 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 554)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 672)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 673)
• 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
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 207, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0925d34e-3cbf-403b-842f-fe0c0a843603. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).