---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to taxation of aircraft"
description: "Relating to taxation of aircraft"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 530"
citation: "West Virginia SB 530 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a44db49-0cc4-45be-a147-cb8d7b95e5bc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=530&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6a5672153c1fdbc928dd70e45cd78bee230cc2dace8ed07ddaf87ca0d979b98e"
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 530 (2020) — Relating to taxation of aircraft

## 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=SB530%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=530)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB530%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=530)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB530%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=530)
4. **SB530 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB530 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB530 H FIN AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB530 H FIN AMT adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–36** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **82–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-17** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 255) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 255)
- **2020-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-04** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 568) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 569)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 585)
- **2020-03-07** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 585)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **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** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 325, 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/9a44db49-0cc4-45be-a147-cb8d7b95e5bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).