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Bill Allowing certain hospital staff members to begin withdrawing from retirement benefits in certain circumstances Allowing certain hospital staff members to begin withdrawing from retirement benefits in certain circumstances us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2026 SB 997 West Virginia SB 997 (2026)
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West Virginia SB 997 (2026) — Allowing certain hospital staff members to begin withdrawing from retirement benefits in certain circumstances

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

  • PASSAGE — 950 (pass) · lower
  • Passage — 340 (pass) · upper
  • EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 950 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Smith — primary (person)
  • Queen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-19 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-02-19 To Pensions
  • 2026-02-19 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2026-02-19 To Pensions
  • 2026-02-23 Committee substitute reported
  • 2026-02-24 On 1st reading
  • 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. 245) passage
  • 2026-02-26 Effective from passage (Roll No. 246)
  • 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 Do pass
  • 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
  • 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2026-03-11 Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/12/2026
  • 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 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. 616) passage
  • 2026-03-14 Effective from passage (Roll No. 617)
  • 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
  • 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
  • 2026-03-14 House Message received
  • 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
  • 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
  • 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
  • 2026-06-25 Chapter 255, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3a9993c-b26f-44f8-ad24-e3802604f6f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).