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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026”"
+description: "Creating “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026”"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4418"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4418 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McCormick"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aeb7093-93b5-4647-a81d-8360490136e2"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4418&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "3c558d1d51dacfe70b024dc2b11d437a1b6161a2e36da4b4fc04639fd220fa49"
+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 4418 (2026) — Creating “The Tax Efficiency Act of 2026”
+
+## 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=hb4418%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4418)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4418%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4418)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4418%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4418)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4418%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4418)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **93–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McCormick — primary (person)
+- Browning — cosponsor (person)
+- Criss — cosponsor (person)
+- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
+- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** To House Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 286) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-05** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 535) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 283, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aeb7093-93b5-4647-a81d-8360490136e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+