---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing restrictions on fiduciary commissioners"
description: "Removing restrictions on fiduciary commissioners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 662"
citation: "West Virginia SB 662 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df762031-8158-4809-af9c-b13a00dd182b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=662&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b49d81f143f2259e37054cd3ec45138e44aed98c0772a395c222fa08620a07ba"
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 662 (2020) — Removing restrictions on fiduciary commissioners

## 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=SB662%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=662)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB662%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=662)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB662%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=662)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 129) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-29** Do pass
- **2020-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 515) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 516)
- **2020-03-04** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-06** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2020-03-06** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 480)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **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`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 141, 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/df762031-8158-4809-af9c-b13a00dd182b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).