---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act"
description: "Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4146"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4146 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mr. Speaker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ab266d-7d8d-48fa-b648-480ab1748059"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4146&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f9aafed1a68d35bdae62aa46d97b2cf38db4299ef4a50d318a59dad5d8a57e22"
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 HB 4146 (2018) — Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4146%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4146)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4146%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4146)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mr. Speaker — primary (person)
- Miley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Do pass
- **2018-01-24** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** Passed House (Roll No. 23) `passage`
- **2018-01-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 24)
- **2018-01-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-01-29** House Message received
- **2018-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 93) `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 93)
- **2018-02-09** Communicated to House
- **2018-02-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-12** House received Senate message
- **2018-02-15** To Governor 2/15/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15** To Governor 2/15/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15** To Governor 2/15/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-21** Approved by Governor 2/21/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-02-21** Approved by Governor 2/21/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22** Approved by Governor 2/21/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 237, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4ab266d-7d8d-48fa-b648-480ab1748059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).