---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate"
description: "Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2967"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2967 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5200f40-8277-41a8-9de1-b4827862c15a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2967&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a767aa827555b531cb4f180ff1b1554d0262191095cc555108e6c40c076611ba"
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 2967 (2020) — Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate

## 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=HB2967%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2967)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2967%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2967)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2967%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2967)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hardy — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 93) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/5/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 544) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 331, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5200f40-8277-41a8-9de1-b4827862c15a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).