---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reducing the severance tax on thermal or steam coal"
description: "Relating to reducing the severance tax on thermal or steam coal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 3142"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3142 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Householder"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac3aee89-ed38-4510-aec5-b9516589fd5d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3142&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1fa83829a7637e4c3a857c345d49f8384db27d19cc23a02b725f08caafc2f299"
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 3142 (2019) — Relating to reducing the severance tax on thermal or steam coal

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No 354)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/RS/votes/house/00354.pdf)
2. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3142%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3142)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3142%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3142)
4. **HB3142 S FIN AM _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB3142 S FIN AM _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
5. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 371)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/RS/votes/house/00371.pdf)
6. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3142%20ORG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3142)

## Votes

- HFA NELSON & SHOTT 2-26 #1 — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **88–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Householder — primary (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Originating in House Finance
- **2019-02-22** Do pass
- **2019-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Amendment adopted (Roll No 354)
- **2019-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 371)
- **2019-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 372) `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-28** House Message received
- **2019-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2019-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 468)
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 469) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 706)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 2/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 256, 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/ac3aee89-ed38-4510-aec5-b9516589fd5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).