SB 501 West Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to loan form

SB 501 amends West Virginia law to clarify documentation requirements for mortgage lenders regarding loan fees and points. It requires lenders to document any "reasonable, tangible net benefit" to borrowers when charging origination fees during refinancing within 24 months, maintaining this on a commissioner-prescribed form. The bill also prohibits blank spaces in loan documents to be filled after closing and mandates lenders provide borrowers with copies of all signed documents at closing. This directly affects residential mortgage lenders and borrowers in West Virginia by increasing transparency around loan fees and closing processes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2025

How they voted

320
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Mar 11, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican31
30 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
To House Finance
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
To Finance
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Roll No. 91)
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
To Banking and Insurance
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Eric Tarr
Eric Tarr
RRepublican
WV
4