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Laws · West Virginia · H.B. 4822

H.B. 4822: To redirect data center tax revenue to PEIA, counties, and schools

West Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, January 26, 2026.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

The purpose of this bill is to redirect any positive tax increment ad valorem property taxes collected from High Impact Data Centers; local school Boards will receive 10% of the funds; redirects the current 50% of the funds from the Personal Income Tax Reduction Fund to 35% to fund the Public Insurance Financial Stability Fund; increases from 30% to 35% of funds to the situs county; and provides 10% of the funds go to the situs county school board. The bill also provides that the fund created to assist electric grid stabilization for regulated utilities includes all utilities, not only coal and gas powered utilities.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Evan Hansen (D); Sean Hornbuckle (D); Rick Garcia (D); Anitra Hamilton (D); Mike Pushkin (D); Kayla Young (D); John Williams (D); Hollis Lewis (D); Shawn Fluharty (D)

Subjects Energy The legislature's own list.

Official page www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4822&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill. Found through LegiScan (bill 2093384), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. January 26, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 4822 went to committee in the House of Delegates. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in House.

  2. January 26, 2026 Introduced

    H.B. 4822 was introduced in the House of Delegates. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in House.

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Sources

  1. H.B. 4822 on the legislature's site www.wvlegislature.gov

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