---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying procedures to settle estates of decedents"
description: "Modifying procedures to settle estates of decedents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "West Virginia SB 142 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bdd368d-aee5-4c8d-bfdd-b5f6c93e1885"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=142&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "772c3d357752f6e27fdd6dd55c2fb50afaae3afc6c13229fd5bd2664d3b44a3e"
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 142 (2023) — Modifying procedures to settle estates of decedents

## 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=sb142%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=142)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb142%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=142)
3. **sb142 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb142 h jud am _1 adopted.htm)
4. **sb142 hfat capito 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb142 hfat capito 3-2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Immediate consideration
- **2023-01-11** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-01-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 33)
- **2023-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 34) `passage`
- **2023-01-11** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 501) `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-07** House Message received
- **2023-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 398)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 152, 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/1bdd368d-aee5-4c8d-bfdd-b5f6c93e1885`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).