---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes"
description: "Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "West Virginia SB 207 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/141aa599-f185-4688-a052-6978c5fb2b89"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=207&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6e6f6c7af424317618992176f14cdd10e0651096912b5745d81a8b0dbbc39719"
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 207 (2026) — Clarifying sheriff's compensation for collection of taxes

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb207%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=207)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb207%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=207)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb207%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=207)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-01-21** On 1st reading
- **2026-01-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** On 2nd reading
- **2026-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23** On 3rd reading
- **2026-01-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 8) `passage`
- **2026-01-23** Ordered to House
- **2026-01-27** House received Senate message
- **2026-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-09** Do pass
- **2026-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Placed on House Calendar
- **2026-02-10** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2026-02-17** From House Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 126) `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-19** Completed legislative action
- **2026-02-20** House Message received
- **2026-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/23/2026 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 201, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/141aa599-f185-4688-a052-6978c5fb2b89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).