# West Virginia HB 2867: Relating to Small Estates West Virginia HB 2867, Relating to Small Estates, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Carl "Bill" Roop (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-30 (Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2867-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: West Virginia HB 2867 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Relating to Small Estates - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-24 - Last action: 2025-07-30, Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Carl "Bill" Roop (Republican) - Cosponsors: 10 - Subjects: §44-1A-2 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (219 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Tighter property rules for small estates: cost, low. Beginning July 9, 2025, West Virginia excludes estates containing real estate that passes through probate from its simplified affidavit process. This includes any ownership interest in such real estate, regardless of value. The process requires the person who died to have been legally domiciled in… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Carl "Bill" Roop (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Eric Brooks (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ray Canterbury (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Roy Cooper (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Sarah Drennan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dave Foggin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kump - Cosponsor: Keith Marple (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jordan Maynor (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Pritt - Cosponsor: Matthew Rohrbach (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 453) | pass | 97 | 2 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 369) | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-03-12 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 72) | pass | 89 | 0 | | ## Actions (42) - 2025-07-30: Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-25: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 (House) - 2025-04-15: To Governor 4/15/2025 (House) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-11: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-10: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-10: House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 453) (House) - 2025-04-10: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-10: Completed legislative action (House) - 2025-04-08: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Passed Senate (Roll No. 369) (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Title amendment adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate requests House to concur (Senate) - 2025-04-07: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Reported do pass, with amendment (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Immediate consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-13: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-13: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-12: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-12: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-03-12: Passed House (Roll No. 72) (House) - 2025-03-12: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-03-11: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-11: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-03-10: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-10: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-03-07: Do pass (House) - 2025-03-05: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-04: To House Legal Services (House) - 2025-03-03: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-02-24: Filed for introduction (House) - 2025-02-24: To Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-24: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-02-24: To House Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 intr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed) - SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed) - SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed) - SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed) - SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed) - SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2867 intr.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs) - [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs) - [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs) - [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs) - [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs) - 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