---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending time to file petition for motor fuel excise tax refund"
description: "Extending time to file petition for motor fuel excise tax refund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "West Virginia SB 461 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferns"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a800fa71-b556-4555-9471-fe8e381ee3a4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=461&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1ad370a974ef4e792fffa52beccbc03610b5f83e5a939008bc6637d461a7d60d"
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 461 (2018) — Extending time to file petition for motor fuel excise tax refund

## 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=SB461%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=461)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB461%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=461)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB461%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=461)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ferns — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 128) `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 370) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 393)
- **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 233, 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/a800fa71-b556-4555-9471-fe8e381ee3a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).