---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Trust Code; expands definitions of \"independent qualified trustee\" and \"qualified trustee.\""
description: "Uniform Trust Code; qualified trustee; definition. Expands the definitions of \"independent qualified trustee\" and \"qualified trustee\" to authorize additional entities to serve as an independent qualified trustee or a qualified trustee of a qualified self-settled spendthrift trust. This bill is identical to SB 1116."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1605"
citation: "Virginia HB 1605 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-03"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5214b80-4dd5-4412-89b0-281dfcaca5a7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1605"
source_hash: "51076a2515762e064ba18a40623783d2bdb398643168132bd08071bfc333b7e3"
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 1605 (2025) — Uniform Trust Code; expands definitions of "independent qualified trustee" and "qualified trustee."

Uniform Trust Code; qualified trustee; definition. Expands the definitions of "independent qualified trustee" and "qualified trustee" to authorize additional entities to serve as an independent qualified trustee or a qualified trustee of a qualified self-settled spendthrift trust. This bill is identical to SB 1116.

## 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/1012277.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070862.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046402.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102763D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-12** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1605ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-15** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5214b80-4dd5-4412-89b0-281dfcaca5a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).