---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove salt from list and definition of “mineral” for severance tax purposes"
description: "Remove salt from list and definition of “mineral” for severance tax purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2808"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2808 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capito"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dab4581b-0b65-4ce4-9554-d7dc595f133e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2808&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "53473db51a39f54189d9ce8ed8ade9f805cdcfca419165207c6eb8a7e148bb5e"
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 2808 (2021) — Remove salt from list and definition of “mineral” for severance tax 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=HB2808%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2808)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2808%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2808)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capito — primary (person)
- Barach — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-01** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-01** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Do pass
- **2021-03-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Passed House (Roll No. 228) `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-22** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Immediate consideration
- **2021-03-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 288) `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-31** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-01** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 264, 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/dab4581b-0b65-4ce4-9554-d7dc595f133e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).