---
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 HB 1605."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1116"
citation: "Virginia SB 1116 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64f98d7-2477-41d8-8214-68679ef0f7cd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1116"
source_hash: "bd02c7dc5191b3a21ac6a0cbd7dd4e6b4de53c7b3491c3ff4684b5eb2ce0f0cc"
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 SB 1116 (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 HB 1605.

## 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/1017918.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070914.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045519.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103061D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** Passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-11** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1116ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f64f98d7-2477-41d8-8214-68679ef0f7cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).