republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5065.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	Relating to hotel occupancy tax.	Relating to hotel occupancy tax.	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5065	West Virginia HB 5065 (2026)	bill	Taxation	enacted	Cannon, D.	6	38	3	2026-02-03	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a6d30fd4-cd4f-4d20-aaac-37ffcd7b2738	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5065&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	305c1a3cb2e4059a108d082d4be23fb014ad79a2f914bc0848cdc064fe8ecf61	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5065 (2026) — Relating to hotel occupancy tax.

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
5. hb5065 s jud am 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb5065 s jud amt 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 93–4 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 94–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cannon, D. — primary (person)
• B — cosponsor (person)
• Browning — cosponsor (person)
• Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle — cosponsor (person)
• McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-03 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-03 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 To House Local Governments 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. 240) passage
• 2026-03-02 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-04 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-04 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-12 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 555) passage
• 2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 682)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-30 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 284, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6d30fd4-cd4f-4d20-aaac-37ffcd7b2738. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).