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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting the ability of an agent under a power of attorney to take self-benefiting actions"
description: "Limiting the ability of an agent under a power of attorney to take self-benefiting actions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4320"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4320 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGeehan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef1226f8-687d-4686-a784-4f46bf559e60"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4320&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b59dc3abba25734aa03e5f13820702947db886b08b687140387ab74b33add5e4"
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 4320 (2018) — Limiting the ability of an agent under a power of attorney to take self-benefiting actions
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4320%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4320)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4320%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4320)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4320%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4320)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **990** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **330** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- McGeehan — primary (person)
- Folk — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-08** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 78) `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-13** House Message received
- **2018-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** Rereferred to Judiciary on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Having been read 1st time 3/7/18
- **2018-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2018-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 436) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 543)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 529)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 176, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef1226f8-687d-4686-a784-4f46bf559e60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).