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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032."
+description: "Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4784"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4784 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burkhammer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5306d31d-b1c6-4577-be5a-064d641cc1b6"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4784&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a9ba56381dcde3a19a0dfe352c6a9988350d8e96f6f9c9281e6a024a390e5a9e"
+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 4784 (2026) — Extending the Qualified Opportunity Zones until July 1, 2032.
+
+## 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=hb4784%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4784)
+2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4784%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4784)
+3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4784%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4784)
+4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4784%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4784)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4784%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4784)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **90–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burkhammer — primary (person)
+- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith, B. — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vance — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-12** Committed to Finance on 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-03** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 259) `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 490) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 115, 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/5306d31d-b1c6-4577-be5a-064d641cc1b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+