---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing counties to use severance tax proceeds for litter cleanup programs"
description: "Allowing counties to use severance tax proceeds for litter cleanup programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 641"
citation: "West Virginia SB 641 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-15"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b47ae8-6ad6-49a2-8015-209dc00714f2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=641&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "32dcacd2faa31b519e9e2b5932be6339198885dbddc4b5a038bc49a942485b0e"
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 641 (2021) — Allowing counties to use severance tax proceeds for litter cleanup programs

## 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=SB641%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=641)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB641%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=641)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB641%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=641)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-27** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 248) `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 248)
- **2021-03-30** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Do pass
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed House (Roll No. 564) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 565)
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-09** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **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`
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 253, 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/c1b47ae8-6ad6-49a2-8015-209dc00714f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).