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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses"
+description: "Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 2121"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2121 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Real and Personal Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith, D."]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6c4d659-61de-4b92-a9ea-03cda36d2248"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2121&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "1683a5d38a7bcbe2aeb9d06fcd7ce6fbe77d8f6d6b3969563617dfc6047897f0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 2121 (2025) — Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2121%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2121)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2121%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2121)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2121%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2121)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2121%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2121)
+5. **hb2121 s mil am _1 4-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2121%20s%20mil%20am%20_1%204-2%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb2121 s mil amt _1 4-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2121%20s%20mil%20amt%20_1%204-2%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith, D. — primary (person)
+- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
+- Criss — cosponsor (person)
+- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
+- Hite — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
+- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
+- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** By substitute, do pass
+- **2025-03-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** Passed House (Roll No. 206) `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-03-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-03-29** To Military then Finance
+- **2025-03-29** To Military
+- **2025-04-04** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
+- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 468) `passage`
+- **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
+- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 571)
+- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-04-12** House Message received
+- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-31** Chapter 239, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6c4d659-61de-4b92-a9ea-03cda36d2248`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+