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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Barring a parent from inheriting from a child in certain instances"
+description: "Barring a parent from inheriting from a child in certain instances"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 2740"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2740 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Estates and Trusts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2019-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a68b9e6-6d29-476f-8321-4ccd5655ee23"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2740&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "03890b965f6ad825c8bf22469496b82fc0a0082039061be5ad759b13d356fe73"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 2740 (2019) — Barring a parent from inheriting from a child in certain instances
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2740%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2740)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2740%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2740)
+3. **HB2740 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2740 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-22 adopted.htm)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2740%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2740)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shott — primary (person)
+- Harshbarger — cosponsor (person)
+- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2019-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2019-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-05** By substitute, do pass
+- **2019-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-08** Passed House (Roll No. 111) `passage`
+- **2019-02-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2019-02-11** House Message received
+- **2019-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
+- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
+- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
+- **2019-02-23** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/23/19
+- **2019-02-25** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/25/19
+- **2019-02-26** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/26/19
+- **2019-02-27** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/27/19
+- **2019-02-28** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
+- **2019-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 291) `passage`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2019-03-01** House received Senate message
+- **2019-03-01** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 397)
+- **2019-03-01** Communicated to Senate
+- **2019-03-01** Completed legislative action
+- **2019-03-02** House Message received
+- **2019-03-06** To Governor 3/6/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-06** To Governor 3/6/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-06** To Governor 3/6/19 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
+- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Chapter 83, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a68b9e6-6d29-476f-8321-4ccd5655ee23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+