---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing online training for Executors/Executrix of an Estate"
description: "Providing online training for Executors/Executrix of an Estate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4850"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4850 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Funkhouser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0480bc7-5437-4b3e-9c82-d07492d9816d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4850&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6fd7406c653df7155bf078b9ce89bf213387ffd6f25ff396320b5f193b457c96"
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 4850 (2026) — Providing online training for Executors/Executrix of an Estate

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4850%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4850)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4850%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4850)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4850%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4850)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4850%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4850)
5. **hb4850 s jud am 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4850%20s%20jud%20am%203-10%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Funkhouser — primary (person)
- Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** To House Courts `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 175) `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 495) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 654)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 110, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0480bc7-5437-4b3e-9c82-d07492d9816d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).