---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to e-commerce modernization"
description: "Relating to e-commerce modernization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "West Virginia SB 280 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-13"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5c73454-38f0-48e8-b6f8-039c2bd640a9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=280&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bfbf17085d68389a79f083f140525b0ed9634a8cca440d5435498b63116974c5"
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 280 (2021) — Relating to e-commerce modernization

## 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=SB280%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=280)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB280%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=280)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB280%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=280)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** On 3rd reading
- **2021-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 21) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Do pass
- **2021-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 93) `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-09** House Message received
- **2021-03-12** To Governor 3/12/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-15** To Governor 3/12/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor 3/18/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/18/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/18/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 224, 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/a5c73454-38f0-48e8-b6f8-039c2bd640a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).