---
type: "Bill"
title: "To permit joint tenancy with rights of survivorship when transfer on death deeds specify a joint tenancy with right of survivorship"
description: "To permit joint tenancy with rights of survivorship when transfer on death deeds specify a joint tenancy with right of survivorship"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3499"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3499 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fast"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d30596ff-d5e0-4ada-8ad2-e5c506e97dd2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3499&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a91cc3d450da12fab758c2000b398165a6bceffab273b8b7cbe862390e970203"
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 3499 (2023) — To permit joint tenancy with rights of survivorship when transfer on death deeds specify a joint tenancy with right of survivorship

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3499%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3499)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3499%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3499)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3499%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3499)
4. **hb3499 hfa fast 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3499 hfa fast 2-24 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3499 s jud am _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3499 s jud am _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
6. **hb3499 s jud amt _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3499 s jud amt _1 3-2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fast — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Petitto — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Do pass
- **2023-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-24** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-02-24** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 247) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 440) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 634)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/21/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/21/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 155, 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/d30596ff-d5e0-4ada-8ad2-e5c506e97dd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).