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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying procedures to settle estates of decedents"
+description: "Modifying procedures to settle estates of decedents"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 142"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 142 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bdd368d-aee5-4c8d-bfdd-b5f6c93e1885"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=142&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "772c3d357752f6e27fdd6dd55c2fb50afaae3afc6c13229fd5bd2664d3b44a3e"
+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 SB 142 (2023) — Modifying procedures to settle estates of decedents
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb142%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=142)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb142%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=142)
+3. **sb142 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb142 h jud am _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **sb142 hfat capito 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb142 hfat capito 3-2 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Trump — primary (person)
+- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Clements — cosponsor (person)
+- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-01-11** Committee reference dispensed
+- **2023-01-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-11** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 33)
+- **2023-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 34) `passage`
+- **2023-01-11** Ordered to House
+- **2023-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 501) `passage`
+- **2023-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-06** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-07** House Message received
+- **2023-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 398)
+- **2023-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 152, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bdd368d-aee5-4c8d-bfdd-b5f6c93e1885`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+