---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing county assessors make separate entries in landbooks when real property is partly used for exempt and partly for nonexempt purposes"
description: "Authorizing county assessors make separate entries in landbooks when real property is partly used for exempt and partly for nonexempt purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "West Virginia SB 298 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df237d82-b57c-46e7-8c83-2a3f7467b8fa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=298&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a925655a5dec49b94ecca35482e16c5e2a3e583dece546e5c55e6c40b1899e7b"
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 298 (2018) — Authorizing county assessors make separate entries in landbooks when real property is partly used for exempt and partly for nonexempt purposes

## 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=SB298%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=298)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB298%20ORG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=298)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **97–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Boley — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
- Ferns — cosponsor (person)
- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Originating in Senate Finance
- **2018-01-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-17** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-19** On 3rd reading
- **2018-01-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 5) `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Ordered to House
- **2018-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Do pass
- **2018-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 340) `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 390)
- **2018-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-20** To Governor 3/20/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 229, 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/df237d82-b57c-46e7-8c83-2a3f7467b8fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).