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WV SB 538

died on adjournment

Increasing compensation for panel attorneys

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WV SB 538 pass?

No. WV SB 538 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-12): To Finance

What is WV SB 538 about?

WV SB 538 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Increasing compensation for panel attorneys”.

Who sponsors WV SB 538?

Deeds is the primary sponsor of WV SB 538, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-01-20
Latest action
2026-02-12 — To Finance
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Deedsprimary
  • Williscosponsor
  • Oliveriocosponsor
  • Morriscosponsor
  • M. Maynardcosponsor
  • Gradycosponsor
  • Robertscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-20

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-20

    To Judiciary then Finance

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-20

    Introduced in Senate

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-20

    To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-12

    Reported do pass, but first to Finance

    committee-passage,referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-12

    To Finance

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:38:23.680216Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

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