---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to West Virginia innovative mine safety technology tax credit act"
description: "Relating to West Virginia innovative mine safety technology tax credit act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4626"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4626 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7cb013-321e-4cd4-b495-2d92a52803c5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4626&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "035d20a8b6b6a403241ee42b5c714a22dad68ac3cef5b1423a4e47dd4322acb4"
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 4626 (2018) — Relating to West Virginia innovative mine safety technology tax credit act

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4626%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4626)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4626%20org.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4626)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Ambler — cosponsor (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Frich — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Longstreth — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-23** Originating in House Finance
- **2018-02-23** Do pass
- **2018-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 261) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-01** House Message received
- **2018-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-10** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 500)
- **2018-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 501) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-17** Chapter 240, 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/2e7cb013-321e-4cd4-b495-2d92a52803c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).