---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating the refundable exemption for road construction contractors"
description: "Eliminating the refundable exemption for road construction contractors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4157"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4157 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mr. Speaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edbd2fd2-5f22-4c0c-86f0-ea0597e35d09"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4157&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1fbef02bc37296a134a5b5ab936afd1c75ce5d3b4d4092cab6a56001f630f975"
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 4157 (2018) — Eliminating the refundable exemption for road construction contractors

## 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=HB4157%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4157)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4157%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4157)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4157%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4157)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (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`
- **2018-02-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 161) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 162)
- **2018-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-21** House Message received
- **2018-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 429) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 429)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 238, 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/edbd2fd2-5f22-4c0c-86f0-ea0597e35d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).