---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to distributing hotel occupancy tax to convention and visitor's bureaus"
description: "Relating to distributing hotel occupancy tax to convention and visitor's bureaus"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "West Virginia SB 488 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49294739-1d71-4c3c-aa0b-744a206f1378"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=488&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bd099cdb9a7d611cf13d0845ac17db9b5de473290897d6b914f9322710c9543a"
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 488 (2021) — Relating to distributing hotel occupancy tax to convention and visitor's bureaus

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB488%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=488)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB488%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=488)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB488%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=488)
4. **SB488 SFA _1 MAYNARD 3-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB488 SFA _1 MAYNARD 3-27 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-26** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/26/21
- **2021-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-27** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-29** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 227) `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-30** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Do pass
- **2021-04-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2021-04-08** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed House (Roll No. 517) `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-08** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-09** House Message received
- **2021-04-13** To Governor 4/13/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - 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 71, 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/49294739-1d71-4c3c-aa0b-744a206f1378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).