---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operation of private trust companies in West Virginia"
description: "Relating to the operation of private trust companies in West Virginia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3272"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3272 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/498aba72-0dea-4333-96fb-0707d45f331c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3272&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c75eabfa49b517cdb0a564b6a8d3af215d7dd302bf3d444907c94c33ee57a66c"
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 3272 (2023) — Relating to the operation of private trust companies in West Virginia

## 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=hb3272%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3272)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3272%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3272)
3. **hb3272 sfa azinger _1 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3272 sfa azinger _1 2-16 adopted.htm)
4. **hb3272 sfa trump _1 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3272 sfa trump _1 2-20 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3272 sfat azinger 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3272 sfat azinger 2-16 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Capito — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-03** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2023-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Do pass
- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 141) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-20** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/20/2023 with right to amend
- **2023-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Floor amendment reported
- **2023-02-21** Amendment to amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-21** Floor amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 229) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-02-22** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-22** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 197)
- **2023-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-22** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-23** House Message received
- **2023-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-08** Approved by Governor 3/7/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-08** Approved by Governor 3/7/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 154, 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/498aba72-0dea-4333-96fb-0707d45f331c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).