---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses"
description: "Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 400"
citation: "West Virginia SB 400 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7f5b833-2601-42ab-bee9-ad545efcce7a"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=400&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "812bca55baf0388185fb26d3bfe1694cc8d7f33ce8b5b690aecb182ae4707066"
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 400 (2026) — Updating personal income tax definitions and provision of law relating to gaming and gambling losses

## 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=sb400%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=400)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb400%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=400)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb400%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=400)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-01-26** On 1st reading
- **2026-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-28** On 2nd reading
- **2026-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-29** On 3rd reading
- **2026-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 21) `passage`
- **2026-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 22)
- **2026-01-29** Ordered to House
- **2026-01-30** House received Senate message
- **2026-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Do pass
- **2026-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 156) `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 157)
- **2026-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-23** Completed legislative action
- **2026-02-24** House Message received
- **2026-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/24/2026 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 279, 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/a7f5b833-2601-42ab-bee9-ad545efcce7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).