---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating film tax credits"
description: "Eliminating film tax credits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 263"
citation: "West Virginia SB 263 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dc6c828-aa6b-48c8-9e9c-be01db5592a3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=263&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f2146aab4d78ff6d81e8f10c021bb10b585829d3c4c510fdacb0a8e85389ecb8"
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 263 (2018) — Eliminating film tax credits

## 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=SB263%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=263)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB263%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=263)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **54–42** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **28–2** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **70–24** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-19** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** On 3rd reading
- **2018-01-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 13) `passage`
- **2018-01-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 13)
- **2018-01-22** Ordered to House
- **2018-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** Reference dispensed
- **2018-01-23** Immediate consideration
- **2018-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Postponed on 3rd reading, House Calendar, until 1/26/18
- **2018-01-26** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** Passed House (Roll No. 17) `passage`
- **2018-01-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 18)
- **2018-01-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-01-26** Completed legislative action
- **2018-01-29** House Message received
- **2018-01-29** To Governor 1/29/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-01-30** To Governor 1/29/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-01-30** To Governor 1/29/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-01-29** Approved by Governor 1/29/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-30** Approved by Governor 1/29/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-01-30** Approved by Governor 1/29/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 227, 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/1dc6c828-aa6b-48c8-9e9c-be01db5592a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).