Abolish the tax on overtime pay
HB 2688 would exempt overtime pay from West Virginia's personal income tax. The bill directly affects workers who earn overtime wages by removing the tax on that specific income. It adds a new provision (§11-21-12o) to the tax code stating "Overtime pay shall be exempt from the tax imposed by this article." This changes the tax treatment of overtime earnings without altering other tax rules or affecting non-overtime income.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025
Last action Mar 27, 2025
Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 27, 2025
How they voted
31–64
Failed · 5 other
Total votes 100
Mar 27, 2025
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican91
70% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Mar 27, 2025
Vote failed
House of Delegates Vote: fail (31-64-5)
house of delegates
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
To House Finance
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
To Finance
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jordan Bridges
RRepublican
Co
Adam Vance
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Ward
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Horst
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Sheedy
RRepublican
Co
Dave Foggin
RRepublican
Co
Elliott Pritt
RRepublican
Co
Jeff Stephens
RRepublican
Co
Mark Dean
RRepublican
Co
Mike Hornby
RRepublican
Co
Trenton Barnhart
RRepublican
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