---
type: "Bill"
title: "Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit; Office of the Executive Secretary to prepare form."
description: "Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit; Office of the Executive Secretary to prepare form. Provides that an affidavit presented by any person having possession of a small asset to the designated successor of a decedent shall be on a form prepared by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 100"
citation: "Virginia HB 100 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Ballard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-02"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d636e6f0-f921-45ba-9580-f2c74203fabe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB100"
source_hash: "ff176d9612be7208760f250e7cf4b07a94a3e81d6131f95f596e5eeb8c3346af"
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-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 100 (2026) — Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit; Office of the Executive Secretary to prepare form.

Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit; Office of the Executive Secretary to prepare form. Provides that an affidavit presented by any person having possession of a small asset to the designated successor of a decedent shall be on a form prepared by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082378.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214943.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177870.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
- Will Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101129D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB100)
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB100ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB100)
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d636e6f0-f921-45ba-9580-f2c74203fabe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).