---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the definition of incapacity so that incarceration in the penal system or detention outside of the United States may not be inferred as resulting in a lack of capacity to execute a power of attorney"
description: "Clarifying the definition of incapacity so that incarceration in the penal system or detention outside of the United States may not be inferred as resulting in a lack of capacity to execute a power of attorney"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4583"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4583 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b80ce85-f2b2-403e-9630-885146bd890c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4583&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7b5c3ed4419100c216e7afe47e158a0ebf965fc4429846711079a1e1592837ce"
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 4583 (2022) — Clarifying the definition of incapacity so that incarceration in the penal system or detention outside of the United States may not be inferred as resulting in a lack of capacity to execute a power of attorney

## 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=HB4583%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4583)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4583%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4583)
3. **HB4583 S JUD AM _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4583 S JUD AM _1  3-1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4583 S JUD AMT _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4583 S JUD AMT _1 3-1 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4583%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4583)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 176) `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 381) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 447)
- **2022-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-10** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 195, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b80ce85-f2b2-403e-9630-885146bd890c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).