republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4452.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations	To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4452	West Virginia HB 4452 (2026)	bill	Estates and Trusts	enacted	Hillenbrand	6	44	2	2026-01-16	2026-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/092deaea-6607-488e-b520-eb52d7d920c4	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4452&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	5c092d653d7be591fea98c7968cb3cf82110ef3de0cf3332300df2b2c1bc16ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4452 (2026) — To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. hb4452 h fin amt adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. hb4452 h fin amt adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4452 h finance am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 93–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hillenbrand — primary (person)
• Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
• Coop-Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-16 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-16 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 To House Legal Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-09 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-12 Do pass
• 2026-02-13 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Committed to Finance on 2nd reading
• 2026-02-16 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-27 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-27 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-02 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed House (Roll No. 237) passage
• 2026-03-02 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-02 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-04 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-04 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-11 Laid over on 2nd reading 3/11/2026
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 537) passage
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-13 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-30 To Governor 3/30/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/30/2026 - 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

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/092deaea-6607-488e-b520-eb52d7d920c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).