Laws · West Virginia · S.B. 583
S.B. 583: Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state
West Virginia, 2025 Regular Session. In committee, February 24, 2025.
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S.B. 583 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
The purpose of this bill is to create economic incentives for data centers to locatewithin the state and further stimulate the state's economy by relying on locally sourced coal generated electricity. The bill provides salvage value treatment for personal propertyused by qualifying data centers; an exemption from the B&O tax for all coal generated electricity sold to qualifying data centers; and provides a sales tax exemption for all personal property sold to and used in the construction or maintenance of a qualifying data center.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Brian Helton (R); Randy Smith (R); Scott Fuller (R); Patrick Martin (R); Rupert Phillips (R); Chris Rose (R); Patricia Rucker (R); Jay Taylor (R); Tom Willis (R); Darren Thorne (R); Rollan Roberts (R); Mike Woelfel (D)
Subjects Economic Development The legislature's own list.
Official page www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=583&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill. Found through LegiScan (bill 1981081), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- February 24, 2025 In committee
S.B. 583 went to committee in the Senate. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in Senate.
- February 24, 2025 Introduced
S.B. 583 was introduced in the Senate. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in Senate.
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