---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating definitions for assessment of real property"
description: "Updating definitions for assessment of real property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 803"
citation: "West Virginia SB 803 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d69a10b7-1306-40e1-a926-1b9b962f2a87"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=803&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cc7c31cf76686bffb61de36bf1d820ac1a42a6f5048371fa52e0ea8c3bb753e2"
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 803 (2024) — Updating definitions for assessment of real property

## 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=sb803%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=803)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb803%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=803)
3. **sb803 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb803%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
4. **sb803 h fin am as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb803%20h%20fin%20am%20as%20amended%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb803 hfa lucas 3-7 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb803%20hfa%20lucas%203-7%20_2%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb803 hfat criss adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb803%20hfat%20criss%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb803 sfa trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb803%20sfa%20trump%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **90–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 289) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 289)
- **2024-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 686) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 687)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 494)
- **2024-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 494)
- **2024-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 752)
- **2024-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 753)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 254, 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/d69a10b7-1306-40e1-a926-1b9b962f2a87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).