---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for the valuation of natural resources property and an alternate method of appeal of proposed valuation of natural resources property"
description: "Providing for the valuation of natural resources property and an alternate method of appeal of proposed valuation of natural resources property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2581"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2581 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Graves"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d56a20b-73e6-435f-987f-ccaaccc2ab99"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2581&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0cc9ac9932e6f7e286c7c707b03676670a8955a8b8bf1129b293b9b3983a6728"
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 HB 2581 (2021) — Providing for the valuation of natural resources property and an alternate method of appeal of proposed valuation of natural resources property

## 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=HB2581%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2581)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2581%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2581)
3. **HB2581 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2581 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2581 SFA _1 NELSON, MARONEY, AND RUCKER 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2581 SFA _1 NELSON, MARONEY, AND RUCKER 4-10 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2581 SFAT _1 NELSON, MARONEY, AND RUCKER 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2581 SFAT _1 NELSON, MARONEY, AND RUCKER 4-10 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2581%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2581)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Graves — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-17** To Energy and Manufacturing then Finance
- **2021-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2021-03-10** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed House (Roll No. 325) `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-31** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-04-10** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2021-04-10** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 456) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** committee Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2021-04-10** Floor Title amendment adopted
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 456)
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 620)
- **2021-04-10** Passed House (Roll No. 621) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 622)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 261, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d56a20b-73e6-435f-987f-ccaaccc2ab99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).