republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-977.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability	Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 977	West Virginia SB 977 (2026)	bill	Retirement	enacted	Barrett	4	41	2	2026-02-17	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/9eaf3b37-ff83-4041-bbd6-eeb6f3b1a9bf	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=977&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	612861996afcdd6c5454aed591cfa2dcb725fcb5c7887aac4d4d77f97729aa6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 977 (2026) — Creating benefit for duty-related partial disability

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. sb977 h fin am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barrett — primary (person)
• Takubo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-17 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-17 To Pensions then Finance
• 2026-02-17 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-17 To Pensions
• 2026-02-23 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2026-02-23 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-24 Immediate consideration
• 2026-02-24 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-25 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-26 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-26 Passed Senate (Roll No. 243) passage
• 2026-02-26 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-27 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-27 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-03-02 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 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
• 2026-03-14 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-14 Passed House (Roll No. 613) passage
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 637)
• 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 194, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9eaf3b37-ff83-4041-bbd6-eeb6f3b1a9bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).