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West Virginia / State / 2026 Regular Session

SB 194 Rewrote the definition of "disabled veteran taxpayer"

Needs reviewEnactedScope changed

Signed Takes effect

Expands benefits Lets a veteran paid at the total rate through individual unemployability qualify for the disabled veteran property tax credit without a 90 percent rating.

The old definition required a person "considered at least 90 percent totally and permanently disabled due solely to service-connected disabilities." The new one reaches a person rated 90 percent or greater "or meets the eligibility requirements for individual unemployability." A veteran paid at the total rate through unemployability now qualifies without a 90 percent schedular rating. The Department of Veterans Assistance still describes eligibility as a 90 to 100 percent combined rating and has not added the unemployability route.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done,
  2. In committee Done, Senate Military, then Finance
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate concurred in the House amendments
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Ryan WeldSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 1
  • Rupie PhillipsCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 7
  • Mike WoelfelCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 5
  • Eric TarrCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 4
  • Jay TaylorCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 14
  • Patricia RuckerCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 16
  • Bill HamiltonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 11

What it touches

  • W. Va. Code § 11-13MM-2

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Official record

Read SB 194 on the jurisdiction's own record