---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit banks to transact business with any one or more fiduciaries on multiple fiduciary accounts"
description: "Permit banks to transact business with any one or more fiduciaries on multiple fiduciary accounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4778"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4778 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76902b7a-db45-4df2-894c-f9062aad8609"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4778&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6116875fa936062b074f3853a76ced85e574378f09e87887696c91fc42167ee3"
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 4778 (2022) — Permit banks to transact business with any one or more fiduciaries on multiple fiduciary accounts

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4778%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4778)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4778%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4778)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Do pass
- **2022-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 309) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 419) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** To Governor 3/24/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 46, 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/76902b7a-db45-4df2-894c-f9062aad8609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).