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Bill Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2025 HB 2711 West Virginia HB 2711 (2025)
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7 38 2 2025-02-20 2025-07-31 openstates ocd-bill/e43cc85f-f71b-42b1-80d2-3753d0f386e7 https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2711&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill 387fbfea4348e9fc903f95647c345dfdcbbae2d5f264d0fcf4d20412204cd146 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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West Virginia HB 2711 (2025) — Relating to the repeal of the common law rule against perpetuities by extending it to 1,000 years for all trusts

Version chain

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

  1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
  5. hb2711 hfat akers 3-11 adopted adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
  6. hb2711 hfat akers 3-11 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
  7. hb2711 hfat akers 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 860 (pass) · lower
  • Passage — 330 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Akers — primary (person)
  • Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
  • Criss — cosponsor (person)
  • Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
  • Hott — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-20 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-20 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2025-02-20 To House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2025-03-03 Markup Discussion
  • 2025-03-04 To House Courts referral-committee
  • 2025-03-05 Markup Discussion
  • 2025-03-07 By substitute, do pass
  • 2025-03-10 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  • 2025-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2025-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2025-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2025-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 68) passage
  • 2025-03-12 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  • 2025-03-12 Communicated to Senate
  • 2025-03-13 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2025-03-13 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2025-03-13 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2025-04-04 Reported do pass committee-passage
  • 2025-04-04 Immediate consideration
  • 2025-04-04 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2025-04-07 On 2nd reading
  • 2025-04-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-04-08 On 3rd reading
  • 2025-04-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-04-08 Passed Senate (Roll No. 364) passage
  • 2025-04-08 Communicated to House
  • 2025-04-08 Completed legislative action
  • 2025-04-09 House received Senate message
  • 2025-04-14 To Governor 4/14/2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-14 To Governor 4/12/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-25 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 executive-signature
  • 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal executive-signature
  • 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature
  • 2025-07-31 Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e43cc85f-f71b-42b1-80d2-3753d0f386e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).