2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: Relating to the tax exemption of a citizen who paid to have a cat or dog spayed or neutered
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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
FISCAL NOTE
Introduced
House Bill 4933
By Delegate Pritt
[Introduced January 29, 2026; referred to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §11-21-27, relating to allowing a tax credit against personal income tax for the cost of spaying or neutering a dog or cat.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 21. PERSONAL INCOME TAX.
§11-21-27. Cost of spaying or neutering a dog or cat tax credit.
A credit against the tax imposed by the provisions of this article shall be allowed as follows:
Cost of spaying or neutering a dog or cat, the credit is equal to 100 percent of the cost paid for spaying or neutering a dog or cat which may be taken in the year of the spaying or neutering a dog or cat: Provided, That the taxpayer presents a receipt for the service from a licensed veterinarian.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow a tax credit for the cost of spaying or neutering a dog or cat.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.