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SB 538 WV
Became Law

Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction

WV · session 2025 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 19, 2025

Latest action (Aug 8, 2025) Chapter 223, Acts, Regular Session, 2025

Sponsor (1)
  • Helton Republican · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
  • Fuller Republican · cosponsor

Action history (38)
  1. Feb 19, 2025 Filed for introduction · upper
  2. Feb 19, 2025 To Government Organization · upper
  3. Feb 19, 2025 Introduced in Senate · upper
  4. Feb 19, 2025 To Government Organization · upper
  5. Mar 14, 2025 Committee substitute reported · upper
  6. Mar 17, 2025 On 1st reading · upper
  7. Mar 17, 2025 Read 1st time · upper
  8. Mar 18, 2025 On 2nd reading · upper
  9. Mar 18, 2025 Read 2nd time · upper
  10. Mar 19, 2025 On 3rd reading · upper
  11. Mar 19, 2025 Read 3rd time · upper
  12. Mar 19, 2025 Passed Senate (Roll No. 133) · upper
  13. Mar 19, 2025 Ordered to House · upper
  14. Mar 20, 2025 House received Senate message · lower
  15. Mar 20, 2025 Introduced in House · lower
  16. Mar 20, 2025 To Government Organization · lower
  17. Mar 20, 2025 To House Government Organization · lower
  18. Mar 31, 2025 Do pass · lower
  19. Apr 1, 2025 On 1st reading, Special Calendar · lower
  20. Apr 1, 2025 Read 1st time · lower
  21. Apr 2, 2025 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar · lower
  22. Apr 2, 2025 Read 2nd time · lower
  23. Apr 3, 2025 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar · lower
  24. Apr 3, 2025 Read 3rd time · lower
  25. Apr 3, 2025 Passed House (Roll No. 379) · lower
  26. Apr 4, 2025 House reconsidered effective date (Roll No. 383) · lower
  27. Apr 4, 2025 Communicated to Senate · lower
  28. Apr 7, 2025 House Message received · upper
  29. Apr 7, 2025 Senate concurred in House changed effective date · upper
  30. Apr 7, 2025 Effective from passage (Roll No. 324) · upper
  31. Apr 7, 2025 Communicated to House · upper
  32. Apr 3, 2025 Completed legislative action · upper
  33. Apr 7, 2025 House received Senate message · lower
  34. Apr 9, 2025 To Governor 4/9/2025 · upper
  35. Apr 10, 2025 To Governor 4/9/2025 - House Journal · lower
  36. Apr 30, 2025 Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 · upper
  37. Apr 12, 2025 Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal · upper
  38. Aug 8, 2025 Chapter 223, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 · upper
Subjects
Real and Personal Property

Text versions (9)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled Committee Substitute · HTML
  • Enrolled Committee Substitute · PDF
  • Enrolled Committee Substitute · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • Committee Substitute · HTML
  • Committee Substitute · PDF
  • Committee Substitute · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • Introduced Version · HTML
  • Introduced Version · PDF
  • Introduced Version · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

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