Clerks of circuit courts; retention of wills lodged in clerk's office for safekeeping.
Summary
Permits the clerk of a circuit court to destroy a will that has been lodged in his office for safekeeping for 100 years or more.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Feb 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 15, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 15, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1426E
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103578D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
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