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Laws · West Virginia · S.B. 623

S.B. 623: Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within WV

West Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, January 27, 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 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.

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 Brian Helton (R)

Subjects Economic Development The legislature's own list.

Official page www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=623&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill. Found through LegiScan (bill 2094316), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. January 27, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 623 went to committee in the Senate. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in Senate.

  2. January 27, 2026 Introduced

    S.B. 623 was introduced in the Senate. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in Senate.

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Sources

  1. S.B. 623 on the legislature's site www.wvlegislature.gov

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