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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authority of sheriff's commission for collection of taxes"
+description: "Relating to authority of sheriff's commission for collection of taxes"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 701"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 701 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Officials", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/578eae74-a702-476e-8d82-152c9ff56785"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=701&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "922693089677cb469241f638e63ceaded3bad9a257564a43e3054297d6e23c84"
+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 SB 701 (2026) — Relating to authority of sheriff's commission for collection of taxes
+
+## 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=sb701%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=701)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb701%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=701)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb701%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=701)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tarr — primary (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-02** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
+- **2026-02-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 340) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
+- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-03-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Do pass
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-11** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
+- **2026-03-13** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 601) `passage`
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 280, 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/578eae74-a702-476e-8d82-152c9ff56785`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+