republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-554.md

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Bill	Will contest; presumption of undue influence.	Will contest; presumption of undue influence. Provides that in any case contesting the validity of a decedent's will where a presumption of undue influence arises, the finder of fact shall presume that undue influence was exerted over the decedent unless, based on all the evidence introduced at trial, the finder of fact finds that the decedent did intend it to be his will.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 554	Virginia SB 554 (2022)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	4	28	7	2022-01-12	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/a9e2a55f-526e-488f-947a-5152d8489928	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB554	e4be1243b7282de9eb63248e1b23d8f1c54c1bf2c9864a735aa377823393362e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 554 (2022) — Will contest; presumption of undue influence.

Will contest; presumption of undue influence. Provides that in any case contesting the validity of a decedent's will where a presumption of undue influence arises, the finder of fact shall presume that undue influence was exerted over the decedent unless, based on all the evidence introduced at trial, the finder of fact finds that the decedent did intend it to be his will.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0265 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106571D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101897D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB554ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (59-Y 41-N) — 58–41 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 6-N) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101897D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-14 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-14 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute printed 22106571D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-15 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-15 Committee substitute agreed to 22106571D-S1
• 2022-02-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB554S1
• 2022-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-15 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2022-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Passed House (59-Y 41-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 41-N)
• 2022-03-04 Enrolled
• 2022-03-04 Signed by President
• 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 265 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9e2a55f-526e-488f-947a-5152d8489928. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).