---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment"
description: "Relating to credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "West Virginia SB 344 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd62b56c-1612-4122-8bcc-7b421aa26d1a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=344&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "64d02a7be807829a55330f9bf7ec5126ce507e78c63848382f959fb6efe87cae"
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 344 (2021) — Relating to credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investment

## 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=SB344%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=344)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB344%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=344)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB344%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=344)
4. **SB344 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB344 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB344 H FIN AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB344 H FIN AMT adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 100) `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 100)
- **2021-03-09** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Immediate consideration
- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed House (Roll No. 605) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 606)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 462)
- **2021-04-10** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 462)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 249, 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/bd62b56c-1612-4122-8bcc-7b421aa26d1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).