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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System and clarifying payment upon death of member with less than 10 years of contributory service"
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description: "Relating to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System and clarifying payment upon death of member with less than 10 years of contributory service"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 5273"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 5273 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Retirement"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gearheart"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-29"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e46af2e8-884b-41c8-8c54-28f63ce2e8d7"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5273&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "cff4d939c05f4939bdb5d2260ba9dd854c44ebbeb927ae5caff8cc64e905f7d4"
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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 HB 5273 (2024) — Relating to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System and clarifying payment upon death of member with less than 10 years of contributory service
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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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5273%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5273)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5273%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5273)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5273%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5273)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gearheart — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Kump — cosponsor (person)
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- Marple — cosponsor (person)
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- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-29** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-01-29** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Do pass, but first to Finance
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- **2024-01-31** To House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-08** By substitute, do pass
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- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 168) `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-02-14** Committee reference dispensed
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- **2024-02-15** On 1st reading
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- **2024-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-16** On 2nd reading
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- **2024-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-19** On 3rd reading
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- **2024-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 172) `passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Communicated to House
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- **2024-02-19** Completed legislative action
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- **2024-02-20** House received Senate message
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- **2024-02-29** To Governor 2/29/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** To Governor 2/29/2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** To Governor 2/29/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Chapter 224, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `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/e46af2e8-884b-41c8-8c54-28f63ce2e8d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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