---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing the residency requirements for hiring deputy assessors"
description: "Removing the residency requirements for hiring deputy assessors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2827"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2827 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Officials", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e0187cc-955e-4633-8304-734390178a10"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2827&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "795bcd93bd077ab1627b92569078310c6262565aacdf72e85485382233350ce3"
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 2827 (2019) — Removing the residency requirements for hiring deputy assessors

## 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=hb2827%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2827)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2827%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2827)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Pyles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-01** To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** To House Political Subdivisions `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2019-02-15** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Do pass
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 289) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-26** House Message received
- **2019-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-26** Committee reference dispensed
- **2019-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 293) `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Communicated to House
- **2019-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-28** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-05** To Governor 3/5/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-05** To Governor 3/5/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-05** To Governor 3/5/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/19/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/19/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 65, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e0187cc-955e-4633-8304-734390178a10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).