---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing certain tax information to be shared with the Director of Purchasing Division, Department of Administration, and State Auditor"
description: "Allowing certain tax information to be shared with the Director of Purchasing Division, Department of Administration, and State Auditor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4522"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4522 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff911663-7be7-4fd9-b182-1350b992629e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4522&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3bc560e06a6b6d822afd188338a5654ae3d7ee4f3d3ac1191b05510307f7459a"
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 4522 (2018) — Allowing certain tax information to be shared with the Director of Purchasing Division, Department of Administration, and State Auditor

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4522%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4522)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4522%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4522)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4522%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4522)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **93–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-13** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 173) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-21** House Message received
- **2018-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2018-03-06** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 369) `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 396)
- **2018-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-09** House Message received
- **2018-03-09** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 464) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Chapter 239, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff911663-7be7-4fd9-b182-1350b992629e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).