---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing methanol and methanol fuel from definition of special fuel"
description: "Removing methanol and methanol fuel from definition of special fuel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 446"
citation: "West Virginia SB 446 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7657399c-c2b8-4050-8c42-5cb59f29df12"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=446&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e549c1706bcaeeee901fad96187a69e74992ebcfad367b089732a973ce275223"
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 446 (2023) — Removing methanol and methanol fuel from definition of special fuel

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb446%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=446)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb446%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=446)
3. **sb446 h fin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb446 h fin amt adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 109) `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 109)
- **2023-01-31** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With title amendment, do pass
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 661) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 662)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 586) `passage`
- **2023-03-11** Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 586)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 306, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7657399c-c2b8-4050-8c42-5cb59f29df12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).