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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing salaries for members of WV State Police over three-year period"
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description: "Increasing salaries for members of WV State Police over three-year period"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 544"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 544 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Safety", "Salaries"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-02-07"
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last_action: "2019-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a01dee8-d166-4ae4-85d4-896ad7d6d75a"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=544&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "d4f91a7792a8dd8977201f9a74362e6f4f39073df71cc6847ce02da5939f255e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 544 (2019) — Increasing salaries for members of WV State Police over three-year period
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 573)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/RS/votes/house/00573.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB544%20enr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=544)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB544%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=544)
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## Votes
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- HFIN AM — **56–43** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- EFFECT JULY 1, 2019 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hamilton — primary (person)
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- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
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- Beach — cosponsor (person)
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- Blair — cosponsor (person)
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- Boley — cosponsor (person)
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- Boso — cosponsor (person)
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- Carmichael — cosponsor (person)
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- Clements — cosponsor (person)
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- Cline — cosponsor (person)
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- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
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- Hardesty — cosponsor (person)
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- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- Mann — cosponsor (person)
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- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
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- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
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- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Romano — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
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- Swope — cosponsor (person)
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- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
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- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
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- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Trump — cosponsor (person)
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- Unger — cosponsor (person)
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- Weld — cosponsor (person)
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- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2019-02-07** To Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** To Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-21** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2019-02-22** On 1st reading
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- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-23** On 2nd reading
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- **2019-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-25** On 3rd reading
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- **2019-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 224) `passage`
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- **2019-02-25** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 224)
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- **2019-02-25** Ordered to House
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- **2019-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2019-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-06** Immediate consideration
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- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 573)
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- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 612) `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2019-03-08** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 613)
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- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
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- **2019-03-09** House Message received
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- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 488)
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- **2019-03-09** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 488)
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- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
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- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
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- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal
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- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal
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- **2019-04-16** Chapter 199, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a01dee8-d166-4ae4-85d4-896ad7d6d75a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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