---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to public notice of unclaimed property held by State Treasurer"
description: "Relating generally to public notice of unclaimed property held by State Treasurer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "West Virginia SB 318 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karnes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10b264e3-1eed-41b7-9dad-862bdc40b3d4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=318&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2d7715b44c9b55ad59b0c3dd8a9e992b23a27378b1a7572e08d8b75f7d6e71e2"
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 318 (2021) — Relating generally to public notice of unclaimed property held by State Treasurer

## 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=SB318%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=318)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB318%20SUB2.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=318)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB318%20SUB2%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=318)
4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB318%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=318)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB318%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=318)
6. **SB318 H GO AM _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB318 H GO AM _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
7. **SB318 H GO AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB318 H GO AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
8. **SB318 SFA _1 CLEMENTS 3-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB318 SFA _1 CLEMENTS 3-15 adopted.htm)
9. **SB318 SFAT _1 CLEMENTS 3-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB318 SFAT _1 CLEMENTS 3-15 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karnes — primary (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-17** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2021-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-12** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-16** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 128) `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** With title amendment, do pass
- **2021-04-01** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2021-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed House (Roll No. 453) `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 438)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 118, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10b264e3-1eed-41b7-9dad-862bdc40b3d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).