---
type: "Bill"
title: "North Central Appalachian Coal Severance Tax Rebate Act"
description: "North Central Appalachian Coal Severance Tax Rebate Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 3144"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3144 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hartman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afa002c8-b694-4ef8-8bb1-1a8b8f8c6c39"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3144&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0e1992788317529445998b1552618ed69fe43ea7d6bc18fc911713c2d2032475"
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 3144 (2019) — North Central Appalachian Coal Severance Tax Rebate Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3144%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3144)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3144%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3144)
3. **HB3144 S FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB3144 S FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB3144 SFAT _1 BLAIR 3-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB3144 SFAT _1 BLAIR 3-16 adopted.htm)
5. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3144%20ORG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3144)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **88–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **24–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartman — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Longstreth — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Originating in House Finance
- **2019-02-22** Do pass
- **2019-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 373) `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-28** House Message received
- **2019-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-07** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/7/19
- **2019-03-08** Senate reconsidered amendment
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2019-03-08** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 460) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 681) `passage`
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 257, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afa002c8-b694-4ef8-8bb1-1a8b8f8c6c39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).