---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Jumpstart Savings Program"
description: "Relating to Jumpstart Savings Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "West Virginia SB 478 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54cc3d40-637f-4c1b-9f8f-f421398d9be1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=478&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fac4927bf7488ae3c133e89283322c9225673aa00779c9d4b7fa011f242465cb"
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 478 (2023) — Relating to Jumpstart Savings Program

## 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=sb478%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=478)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb478%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=478)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb478%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=478)
4. **sb478 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb478 hfin am adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 181) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 181)
- **2023-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 600) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 601)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** House Message received
- **2023-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 491)
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 491)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 307, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54cc3d40-637f-4c1b-9f8f-f421398d9be1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).