---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting sales of investment metal bullion and coins"
description: "Exempting sales of investment metal bullion and coins"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 502"
citation: "West Virginia SB 502 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4c887c8-5da9-4627-8504-d76ca0d32816"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=502&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8ae9903c5cc7b3a515b27a767f34196cf30eec79500708159abb97607c466b36"
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 502 (2019) — Exempting sales of investment metal bullion and coins

## 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=SB502%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=502)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB502%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=502)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB502%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=502)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **90–9** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2019 — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-14** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 151) `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 151)
- **2019-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Do pass
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 603) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 604)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 245, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4c887c8-5da9-4627-8504-d76ca0d32816`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).