---
type: "Bill"
title: "To reflect that County Sheriffs will be required to include a breakdown of the distribution of where a citizen’s taxes will be paid"
description: "To reflect that County Sheriffs will be required to include a breakdown of the distribution of where a citizen’s taxes will be paid"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2587"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2587 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/717fbd8a-2275-4883-a0c1-0482a7a21ba0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2587&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "501116e2c0dbf19e99bbcd299eeaae57a54b4d5b2d3bd7ed90349b98c386b87e"
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 2587 (2023) — To reflect that County Sheriffs will be required to include a breakdown of the distribution of where a citizen’s taxes will be paid

## 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=hb2587%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2587)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2587%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2587)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2587%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2587)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 166) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 346) `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 313, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/717fbd8a-2275-4883-a0c1-0482a7a21ba0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).