---
type: "Bill"
title: "Powers of attorney, certain; transfer on death deeds."
description: "Certain powers of attorney; transfer on death deeds. Provides that an agent under a power of attorney shall not have the authority to create, change, or revoke a transfer on death deed unless specifically granted the power to create or change a beneficiary designation as otherwise provided by law. This bill is identical to SB 471."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 336"
citation: "Virginia HB 336 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6800356e-7aad-4be3-b618-47a912f89a95"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB336"
source_hash: "c6b2e89d51c21fafda6a0a49d34b4c2074bde120d35ca40f6589ba1388bb01ad"
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 336 (2024) — Powers of attorney, certain; transfer on death deeds.

Certain powers of attorney; transfer on death deeds. Provides that an agent under a power of attorney shall not have the authority to create, change, or revoke a transfer on death deed unless specifically granted the power to create or change a beneficiary designation as otherwise provided by law. This bill is identical to SB 471.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0283)
2. **HB336ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB336ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102443D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB336)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Jones — primary (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102443D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB336ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 283 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0283)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6800356e-7aad-4be3-b618-47a912f89a95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).