---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying what parties can redeem delinquent property and limiting those entitled to bid"
description: "Clarifying what parties can redeem delinquent property and limiting those entitled to bid"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 548"
citation: "West Virginia SB 548 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c4dacd9-a8e5-47cf-b273-9ae2cc123b32"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=548&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f6cc86b3c791dfc29911b52859c2b2dbd9511351e1185bd9bf6defb2e59a638f"
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 548 (2023) — Clarifying what parties can redeem delinquent property and limiting those entitled to bid

## 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=sb548%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=548)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb548%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=548)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb548%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=548)
4. **sb548 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb548 h jud am _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb548 hfa foster 3-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb548 hfa foster 3-10 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **sb548 hfa tully 3-9 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb548 hfa tully 3-9 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 222) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 682) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 591)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 310, 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/2c4dacd9-a8e5-47cf-b273-9ae2cc123b32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).