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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts"
+description: "Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 2711"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2711 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Estates and Trusts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Akers"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-20"
+last_action: "2025-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e43cc85f-f71b-42b1-80d2-3753d0f386e7"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2711&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "387fbfea4348e9fc903f95647c345dfdcbbae2d5f264d0fcf4d20412204cd146"
+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 2711 (2025) — Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2711%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2711)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2711%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2711)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2711%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2711)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2711%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2711)
+5. **hb2711 hfat akers 3-11 adopted adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2711%20hfat%20akers%203-11%20adopted%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb2711 hfat akers 3-11 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2711%20hfat%20akers%203-11%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb2711 hfat akers 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2711%20hfat%20akers%203-11%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **86–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Akers — primary (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Criss — cosponsor (person)
+- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
+- Hott — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-04** To House Courts `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-05** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-07** By substitute, do pass
+- **2025-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 68) `passage`
+- **2025-03-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-03-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-03-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-04** Immediate consideration
+- **2025-04-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-07** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-08** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 364) `passage`
+- **2025-04-08** Communicated to House
+- **2025-04-08** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-04-09** House received Senate message
+- **2025-04-14** To Governor 4/14/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-14** To Governor 4/12/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-31** Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e43cc85f-f71b-42b1-80d2-3753d0f386e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+