---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying that certain payments paid prior to the effective date of the tax credits for property taxes paid on certain species of property are eligible for the tax credits"
description: "Clarifying that certain payments paid prior to the effective date of the tax credits for property taxes paid on certain species of property are eligible for the tax credits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20231S"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "West Virginia HB 125 (20231S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-08-06"
last_action: "2023-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a13dc2e3-0eb1-4c76-a16e-e4847c5fcd35"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=125&year=2023&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0fe0146882096e6bea9a19c0567d1bf5af32f98f735661835e43c8bb78375d90"
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 125 (20231S) — Clarifying that certain payments paid prior to the effective date of the tax credits for property taxes paid on certain species of property are eligible for the tax credits

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb125%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=125)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb125%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=125)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-08-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-08-06** Reference dispensed
- **2023-08-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-06** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 810)
- **2023-08-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-06** Passed House (Roll No. 811) `passage`
- **2023-08-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 812)
- **2023-08-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-08-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-08-08** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-08-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-08** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 98)
- **2023-08-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 99) `passage`
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 99)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-08-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-08-10** To Governor 8/10/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/10/23 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/10/23 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** Approved by Governor 8/16/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-08** Approved by Governor 8/16/23 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-16** Approved by Governor 8/16/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-28** Chapter 35, Acts, 1st Extraordinary 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/a13dc2e3-0eb1-4c76-a16e-e4847c5fcd35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).