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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2706: Providing that ad valorem taxes on oil and gas mineral rights shall only be assessed in the county where the property is physically located, regardless of where the well pad is located

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2706 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Providing that ad valorem taxes on oil and gas mineral rights shall only be assessed in the county where the property is physically located, regardless of where the well pad is located. Primary sponsor: Trenton Barnhart (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 20, 2025): To House Finance.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Trenton BarnhartPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Jeff StephensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To House Finance
  2. Introduced in House
  3. To Finance
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source