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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the veteran preference ratings in state code for state employment"
description: "Updating the veteran preference ratings in state code for state employment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3451"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3451 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillenbrand"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ad05cb1-aaf0-4da8-a711-6427a9717d9e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3451&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bba005a8669c7a6a36f05312a719725123eb7648cc19e486a4580feee486bc62"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia HB 3451 (2023) — Updating the veteran preference ratings in state code for state employment
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3451%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3451)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3451%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3451)
3. **hb3451 hfat phillips 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3451 hfat phillips 2-28 adopted.htm)
4. **hb3451 s gov am _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3451 s gov am _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hillenbrand — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** Do pass
- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 393) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 546) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 750)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 328, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ad05cb1-aaf0-4da8-a711-6427a9717d9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).