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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill Grants Supreme Court Discretion Over Judicial Support Staff Pay Scales
Last action · March 4, 2026: To FinanceSponsors: Clay Riley and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 4360 grants the Supreme Court of Appeals the discretion to establish uniform pay scales for s, magistrate assistants, deputy clerks, family court secretary-clerks, and s instead of fixing those salaries directly by statute.
Changes how judicial support staff compensation is determined across magistrate and family courts by shifting authority to set pay scales from the legislature to the state Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is the state's court of last resort, overseeing the unified judicial system including magistrate and family courts. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Magistrate court clerks
Their annual salary determination method changes from fixed statutory amounts to a pay scale established by the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court.
Magistrate assistants
Their compensation structure shifts from a statutorily fixed amount to a pay scale determined by the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court.
Family court case coordinators
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
18 actions- Mar 4, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Finance
- Mar 4, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Finance
- Mar 4, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Mar 3, 2026HouseCommunicated to Senate
- Mar 3, 2026HouseFloorPassed House (Roll No. 255)
- Mar 3, 2026HouseRead 3rd time
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- Mar 3, 2026HouseOn 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- Mar 2, 2026HouseRead 2nd time
- Mar 2, 2026HouseOn 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- Feb 27, 2026HouseRead 1st time
- Feb 27, 2026HouseOn 1st reading, Special Calendar
- Feb 26, 2026HouseDo pass
- Feb 5, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Finance
- Jan 29, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Appropriations
- Jan 15, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Finance
- Jan 15, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 15, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Finance
- Jan 15, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Centralization of Judicial Pay Administration
Shifts salary determination authority from rigid statutory enactments to administrative discretion by the state Supreme Court.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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