republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1516.md

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Bill	Surviving spouse's elective share; homestead allowance benefit.	Provides that if a surviving spouse of a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2017, claims and receives an elective share, the homestead allowance available to the spouse shall be in addition to any benefit or elective share passing to such surviving spouse. The bill provides consistency with other provisions of Article 1.1 (§ 64.2-308.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 64.2, which governs the elective share of the surviving spouse of a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2017, which was enacted in 2016. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1516	Virginia HB 1516 (2017)	bill	Emergency Legislation Wills Trusts and Fiduciaries	enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	3	15	6	2016-12-22	2017-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/a9d88440-377e-40cd-869b-79145571f89b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1516	a98894bec0cf5851a183db7cf948d9f300a77ed0510c82d679cfb2ebdd90840c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1516 (2017) — Surviving spouse's elective share; homestead allowance benefit.

Provides that if a surviving spouse of a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2017, claims and receives an elective share, the homestead allowance available to the spouse shall be in addition to any benefit or elective share passing to such surviving spouse. The bill provides consistency with other provisions of Article 1.1 (§ 64.2-308.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 64.2, which governs the elective share of the surviving spouse of a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2017, which was enacted in 2016. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1516ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17100816D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17100816D introduction
• 2016-12-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Enrolled
• 2017-02-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
• 2017-02-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
• 2017-02-17 Approved by Governor-Chapter 32 (effective 2/17/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9d88440-377e-40cd-869b-79145571f89b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).