---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting Class III municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act"
description: "Permitting Class III municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2843"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2843 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Municipalities", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fast"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a23cd57-6053-4e34-aa73-7517d87673a2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2843&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "884a96c812f8510571e49c0e46e9430a0405be5d0688aaf9d9008e0d08995d49"
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 2843 (2018) — Permitting Class III municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2843%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2843)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2843%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2843)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2843%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2843)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2843%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2843)

## Votes

- Passage — **23–10** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **86–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fast — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Political Subdivisions then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Political Subdivisions `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2018-01-17** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 203) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-26** House Message received
- **2018-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 280) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-08** To Governor 3/8/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/8/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-08** To Governor 3/8/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 234, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a23cd57-6053-4e34-aa73-7517d87673a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).