republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1177.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	SB 1177	Virginia SB 1177 (2017)	bill	Emergency Legislation Wills Trusts and Fiduciaries	enacted	A. Benton "Ben" Chafin	3	15	5	2017-01-10	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/88fb08ed-1bd9-4694-b2ec-1bf28c15712c	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1177	42071fa40f9dad092168af4e3e5e536b145b779af959282520ffbcc731003b60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1177 (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 (CHAP0082) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1177ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101520D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101520D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled
• 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-15 Signed by President
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
• 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 82 (effective 2/20/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88fb08ed-1bd9-4694-b2ec-1bf28c15712c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).