republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-5326.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibition of unfair real estate service agreements"
description: "Relating to prohibition of unfair real estate service agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5326"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5326 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/458afd79-6226-4dfa-a9e0-bb7ea7d03d11"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5326&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ee0b0563365b25d1917a8cf9736a223a5dfb19ec8645f0d484add53a4c2a08b6"
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 5326 (2024) — Relating to prohibition of unfair real estate service agreements

## 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=hb5326%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5326)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5326%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5326)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5326%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5326)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5326%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5326)
5. **hb5326 hfa fast 2-12 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5326%20hfa%20fast%202-12%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5326 hfat fast 2-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5326%20hfat%20fast%202-14%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5326 s jud am _1 _ 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5326%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20_%202-27%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb5326 s jud amt _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5326%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%202-27%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lucas — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 180) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 373) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 632)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 202, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/458afd79-6226-4dfa-a9e0-bb7ea7d03d11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).