---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating powers of personal representatives of deceased person's estate"
description: "Updating powers of personal representatives of deceased person's estate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "West Virginia SB 195 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/673f8640-5235-4504-b5e4-4da1eb4dc48f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=195&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8c476438ee73b77082a5056d3d8bf0f0a939980b178dd5c8a7f9f84944646088"
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 195 (2020) — Updating powers of personal representatives of deceased person's estate

## 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=SB195%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=195)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB195%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=195)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB195%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=195)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 90) `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-29** Do pass
- **2020-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 1st reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-04** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 636) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 136, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/673f8640-5235-4504-b5e4-4da1eb4dc48f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).