---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating tax on annuity considerations collected by life insurer"
description: "Eliminating tax on annuity considerations collected by life insurer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "West Virginia SB 30 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca77de74-a6c8-4180-98b3-f462da1c153c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=30&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9449098534dbe370d04744601e137cc086af979650b7bebf19d875081c7cd1bc"
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 30 (2019) — Eliminating tax on annuity considerations collected by life insurer

## 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=SB30%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=30)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB30%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=30)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB30%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=30)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-09** To Banking and Insurance then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-06** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 93) `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** To Banking and Insurance then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-01** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 579) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 517)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House 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
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 142, 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/ca77de74-a6c8-4180-98b3-f462da1c153c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).