republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1618.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonexoneration of debts on property of decedent; notice to creditor and beneficiaries."
description: "Provides a procedure by which a personal representative of a decedent's estate may notify a creditor of a debt on certain property in the decedent's estate that such property passes without the right of exoneration. The bill provides the method by which such notice shall be sent. The bill provides that if such procedure is used, the creditor may file a claim for such debt with the commissioner of accounts, and if the creditor does not timely file such claim, the personal representative shall be liable for the debt up to an amount not exceeding the assets of the decedent remaining in possession of the personal representative and available for application to the debt. The bill does not have an effect on either the liability of the estate for such debt to the extent of the decedent's assets remaining at the time a claim is filed or the liability of the beneficiaries that receive the decedent's assets to the extent of such receipt. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1618"
citation: "Virginia HB 1618 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wills", "Trusts", "and Fiduciaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory D. Habeeb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b05b0790-f18e-4c3e-b057-0814949e09f6"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1618"
source_hash: "1d095e65d3020a74632dcec2a7739de12113c0039720ee167d8246235c5edd67"
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 1618 (2017) — Nonexoneration of debts on property of decedent; notice to creditor and beneficiaries.

Provides a procedure by which a personal representative of a decedent's estate may notify a creditor of a debt on certain property in the decedent's estate that such property passes without the right of exoneration. The bill provides the method by which such notice shall be sent. The bill provides that if such procedure is used, the creditor may file a claim for such debt with the commissioner of accounts, and if the creditor does not timely file such claim, the personal representative shall be liable for the debt up to an amount not exceeding the assets of the decedent remaining in possession of the personal representative and available for application to the debt. The bill does not have an effect on either the liability of the estate for such debt to the extent of the decedent's assets remaining at the time a claim is filed or the liability of the beneficiaries that receive the decedent's assets to the extent of such receipt. 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 (CHAP0034)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0034)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1618ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1618ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104065D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1618H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101709D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1618)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101709D `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** 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 `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 17104065D-H1
- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1618H1
- **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 34 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b05b0790-f18e-4c3e-b057-0814949e09f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).