---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barring a parent from inheriting from a child in certain instances"
description: "Barring a parent from inheriting from a child in certain instances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2740"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2740 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a68b9e6-6d29-476f-8321-4ccd5655ee23"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2740&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "03890b965f6ad825c8bf22469496b82fc0a0082039061be5ad759b13d356fe73"
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 2740 (2019) — Barring a parent from inheriting from a child in certain instances

## 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=HB2740%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2740)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2740%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2740)
3. **HB2740 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2740 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-22 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2740%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2740)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Harshbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** Passed House (Roll No. 111) `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-11** House Message received
- **2019-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-23** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/23/19
- **2019-02-25** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/25/19
- **2019-02-26** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/26/19
- **2019-02-27** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/27/19
- **2019-02-28** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 291) `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-01** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-01** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 397)
- **2019-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-02** House Message received
- **2019-03-06** To Governor 3/6/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-06** To Governor 3/6/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-06** To Governor 3/6/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 83, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a68b9e6-6d29-476f-8321-4ccd5655ee23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).