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WVSB822Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to balance the interests of current landowners and future landowners to ensure surface, minerals, and forest land may be developed for future economic gain by limiting use restrictions for forest carbon capture and sequest...
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2024-02-28
Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
WVHB4705Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to return to the Division of Highways the sales tax collected from contractors for materials used in Highways construction and maintenance projects. If the contractors' sales tax is going to the general revenue, DOH is pay...
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2024-02-22
To House Finance Committee
WVSB395Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to modify the valuation of industrial property and natural resources by the Tax Commissioner. The bill makes technical corrections. Finally, the bill removes a sunset provision.
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2024-02-19
Referred to Rules on 3rd reading
WVSB863Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide a new definition in the Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act on heated nicotine products.
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2024-02-19
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB758Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit obligating local fiscal bodies beyond one year, subject to exceptions.
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2024-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB801Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to establish a tax on the production of electricity from wind and solar collection for distribution to the counties to be distributed to the volunteer fire departments in that county.
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2024-02-15
To Senate Economic Development Committee
WVHB5522Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to encourage and incentivize the installation, repair, and maintenance of environmental pollution control equipment at coal-fired electric generating units located in West Virginia and that serve West Virginia residents, b...
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2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5591Intro
25%
Relating to required modification of levy rates resulting from increased valuation yield
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2024-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5574Intro
25%
To allow a $1,000 refundable child tax credit for all eligible for the federal tax credit
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2024-02-12
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee
WVHB5573Intro
25%
To allow a $2,000 refundable child tax credit for all eligible for the federal tax credit
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2024-02-12
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee
WVHB5630Intro
25%
Requiring that county assessors send out notice to taxpayers when their property tax increases
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2024-02-12
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5535Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to apply an excise tax to e-cigarettes and other heated nicotine products excise tax.
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2024-02-09
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5542Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to allow for a full rebate for the amount of taxes paid for aircraft.
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2024-02-09
To House Finance Committee
WVSB737Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the exemption from taxation of state-owned real property within the counties.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHB5547Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide tax credits to incentivize investments and improvements in blighted properties in West Virginia.
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2024-02-09
To House Finance Committee
WVHB4535Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require assessments made on or after July 1, 2025 to provide that the arithmetic means for annual production and average coal price to value coal properties shall be based upon the full calendar year immediately precedi...
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2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee
WVHB4569Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to exempt from the sales tax all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles used as farm equipment.
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2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee
WVHB4201Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of an "EV Manufacturers Investment Credit." The bill provides for definitions. The bill establishes tier 1 eligibility, credits, and exemptions. The bill establishes tier 2 eligibility, credits,...
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2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee
WVHB4961Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create an incentive for employers to hire people who are pursuing a formal program of recovery from substance abuse issues by allowing the employer to claim a tax credit for employing eligible individuals, with limits b...
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2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee
WVSB564Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate requirement that the credit base be limited to wages paid to apprentices in the construction trades and specifying an effective date.
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2024-02-08
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB617Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to exempt the processing of beef, pork, or lamb by a slaughterhouse for an individual owner of the product processed from the Consumer Sales and Service Tax.
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2024-02-08
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHB5304Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create the Small Business Payroll Tax Credit, a three-year program establishing a tax credit for defined payroll taxes paid on up to 10,400 employee hours at a statutorily designated wage rate for new businesses with 15...
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2024-02-07
To House Finance Committee
WVSB512Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that solar farms are not agricultural operations or in the business of farming for purposes of agricultural production and taxation.
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB671Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill generally relates to tobacco products. The bill defines terms. The bill increases the tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes. The bill allocates revenue to the West Virginia Division of Tobacco Prevention. The bill rep...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVHB5052Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to increase the tax credit for employers providing child care for employees.
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2024-02-02
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5051Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax credit against the state corporate net income tax and the state personal income tax for expenditures related to the operation of existing employer-provided or sponsored childcare facilities.
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2024-02-02
To House Finance Committee
WVSB626Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create a program to reward citizens for information on drug trafficking; to create an excise tax on opioid antagonists and test strips; create a special revenue account; to establish a program for providing rewards for ...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB619Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to repeal archaic provisions of the "Fair and Equitable Property Valuation" statutes adopted in 1990.
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2024-02-02
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHB4280Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax credit for 50% of the cost of a lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing license for veterans who have been honorably discharged from the armed services and who are certified by the Veterans Administration a...
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2024-02-01
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5416Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to incentivize independent power producers to site solar arrays on degraded land rather than prime farmland.
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2024-02-01
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee
WVHB4905Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Tourism and Commercial Opportunity Zone Tax and Tax Credit Act in order to encourage investment in business development in this state and thereby increase employment and economic development, with concomit...
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2024-01-31
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5374Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create a Strong Family Tax Credit to eligible charitable organizations that are exempt from federal income taxation under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that are located in West Virginia providing servic...
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2024-01-31
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5392Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the motor fuel excise tax and to replace any income from the tax with an equivalent increase in the state sales tax.
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2024-01-31
To House Finance Committee
WVSB604Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act and tax credit allowed and credit limitations for short line railroad companies in West Virginia.
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2024-01-31
To Senate Economic Development Committee
WVSB397Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to fully exempt both high tunnels and greenhouses from personal property taxes, whether the high tunnels or greenhouses are heated or unheated.
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2024-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHB5182Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to allow for the automatic deduction of the Division of Motor Vehicles annual registration renewal fee from the rebate for the motor vehicle property tax adjustment credit to allow for renewal without having to present a r...
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2024-01-30
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5372Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to remove multiple severability clauses in the West Virginia Code.
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2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5264Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to authorize and administer optional county sales and use taxes, admission, or amusement taxes and to provide terms for said administration.
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2024-01-29
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB5296Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to exempt wage income earned from overtime for a period of three years.
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2024-01-29
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5334Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide a personal income tax credit for homestead water wells.
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2024-01-29
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
WVHB4567Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that businesses have their respective business licenses/registrations protected from revocation by the State of West Virginia for noncompliance with any mandatory mask order.
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2024-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5220Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to authorize investigators of the criminal investigation in the criminal investigation division of the state Tax Division to carry firearms.
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2024-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB565Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to authorize application of the manufacturing investment tax credit and the manufacturing property tax adjustment credit against personal income tax.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Economic Development Committee
WVHB5215Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide a personal income tax exemption to all volunteer firefighters who are active on 75% of all activities and calls.
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2024-01-26
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee
WVHB5208Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create an incentive for employers to hire people who are pursuing a formal program of recovery from substance abuse issues by allowing the employer to claim a tax credit for employing eligible individuals, with limits b...
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2024-01-26
To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee
WVHB5094Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that a wind power project is not a pollution control facility for purposes of §11-6A-1 et seq. of this code and is taxed as real property.
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2024-01-25
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee
WVHB5205Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to increase the senior citizens' tax credit for property tax paid, and to expand the eligibility requirements for the credit.
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2024-01-25
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5189Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to establish tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school. The bill provides for an exception. Finally, the bill provides rule-making authority.
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2024-01-25
To House Education Committee
WVHB5085Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create tax incentives for businesses that recycle.
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2024-01-25
To House Finance Committee
WVSB552Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to change the threshold jobs creation number from 300 to 50; and to making stylistic changes, which authorizes an exemption for qualified purchases of computers and computer software, primary material handling equipment, r...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Economic Development Committee
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