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type: "Bill"
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title: "Allowing family members of military personnel access to discharge records"
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description: "Allowing family members of military personnel access to discharge records"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 527"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 527 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Records and Papers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-31"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e567d70-f588-46cc-9ec3-ec3e8568e134"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=527&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "046da36d3d7d74713276eb7ed25272cd55ca5c8872f56b8de8facb9bfc5fed37"
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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 527 (2023) — Allowing family members of military personnel access to discharge records
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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 Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb527%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=527)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb527%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=527)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb527%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=527)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb527%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=527)
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5. **sb527 sfa weld _1 2-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb527 sfa weld _1 2-6 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Trump — primary (person)
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- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
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- Clements — cosponsor (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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- Grady — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Stover — cosponsor (person)
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- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
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- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
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- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Weld — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-31** To Military
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- **2023-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-01-31** To Military
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- **2023-02-08** Committee substitute reported
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- **2023-02-09** On 1st reading
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- **2023-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-10** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-13** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-02-13** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/13/2023
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- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-14** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
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- **2023-02-14** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
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- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 183) `passage`
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- **2023-02-14** Ordered to House
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- **2023-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-02-15** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-15** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
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- **2023-02-23** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Do pass
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- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 677) `passage`
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- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-11** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/23 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 326, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
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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/3e567d70-f588-46cc-9ec3-ec3e8568e134`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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