---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to electronic filing of tax returns"
description: "Relating to electronic filing of tax returns"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 656"
citation: "West Virginia SB 656 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/269dad47-4e82-417b-b156-eaeff11cfc85"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=656&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9ae3a4b5a88a3e943af1c86b865dc1459fef81a48554ceda2f764928c710348b"
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 656 (2019) — Relating to electronic filing of tax returns

## 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=SB656%20enr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=656)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB656%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=656)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2019 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 233) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 233)
- **2019-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 631) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 632)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 536)
- **2019-03-09** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 536)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 247, 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/269dad47-4e82-417b-b156-eaeff11cfc85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).