---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act"
description: "Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2776"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2776 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c5c3de-fadf-491a-b8dd-c114e95bb5c5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2776&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fc0888e6b9ec18fa49eb4003dfc80d4b89d8102ed5e7b8cd99073d3ae41bb5ef"
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 2776 (2023) — Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2776%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2776)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2776%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2776)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Do pass
- **2023-01-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** Passed House (Roll No. 36) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 37)
- **2023-01-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 130) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 130)
- **2023-02-03** Communicated to House
- **2023-02-03** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-06** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-08** To Governor 2/8/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-09** To Governor 2/8/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-08** To Governor 2/8/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-15** Approved by Governor 2/14/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-15** Approved by Governor 2/14/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-14** Approved by Governor 2/14/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 315, 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/d2c5c3de-fadf-491a-b8dd-c114e95bb5c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).