---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reinstating the film investment tax credit"
description: "Reinstating the film investment tax credit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 2096"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2096 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Graves"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5681b6d6-80f4-411a-ae6c-e3b97027e110"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2096&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f42ef6d8855b4c88ba0dc4dad83df8dd6c40b351effb9e8097775c5ea2171341"
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 2096 (2022) — Reinstating the film investment tax credit

## 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=HB2096%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2096)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2096%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2096)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2096%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2096)
4. **HB2096 HFA HOUSEHOLDER AND GRAVES 2-21 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB2096 HFA HOUSEHOLDER AND GRAVES 2-21 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2096 SFA NELSON _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB2096 SFA NELSON _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2096 SFAT NELSON _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB2096 SFAT NELSON _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2096%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2096)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Graves — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-21** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 197) `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2022-03-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 393) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 541)
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 273, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5681b6d6-80f4-411a-ae6c-e3b97027e110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).