---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act"
description: "Updating definitions of certain terms used in Personal Income Tax Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 462"
citation: "West Virginia SB 462 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0ad1a76-e64d-4e2c-bfe0-b27d58df772f"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=462&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f0c5855eb6a32a262b1b3d3217a78c378466abee45424ccaee5311e7974a2693"
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 462 (2024) — Updating definitions of certain terms used in 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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb462%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=462)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb462%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=462)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 59) `passage`
- **2024-01-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 59)
- **2024-01-24** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-25** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-25** Reference dispensed
- **2024-01-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 50) `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 51)
- **2024-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-01-29** Completed legislative action
- **2024-01-30** House Message received
- **2024-02-01** To Governor 2/1/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-01** To Governor 2/1/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** Approved by Governor 2/7/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-08** Approved by Governor 2/7/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-08** Approved by Governor 2/8/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 252, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0ad1a76-e64d-4e2c-bfe0-b27d58df772f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).