republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4416.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes	Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4416	West Virginia HB 4416 (2026)	bill	Taxation	enacted	Hott	4	35	2	2026-01-16	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2c3f632a-ef8a-4511-8338-e2103c3efef4	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4416&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	1ddd5ee1165f9d0d41ea29ea0310afe9f98413026463e2fb24ba55de4c2d6aa9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4416 (2026) — Classifying forestry equipment for levy purposes

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 92–3 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hott — primary (person)
• Horst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-16 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-16 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 To House Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-26 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-02 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed House (Roll No. 236) passage
• 2026-03-02 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-04 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-04 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-10 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 463) passage
• 2026-03-11 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-11 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 246, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c3f632a-ef8a-4511-8338-e2103c3efef4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).