republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-102.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wills and trusts; tangible personal property, nonexoneration."
description: "Wills and trusts; tangible personal property;nonexoneration. Provides that if a trust instrument that was revocable,as defined in relevant law, immediately before the settlor's deathrefers to a written statement or list of items of tangible personalproperty and their intended recipients with reasonable certainty andis signed by the settlor, such written statement or list shall begiven the effect of a specific bequest although it does not satisfythe requirements for a trust instrument. The bill also provides thatreal or personal property that is the subject of a specific deviseor bequest in a trust instrument that was revocable immediatelybefore the settlor's death shall be passed without the right of exoneration.Under current law, the provisions that govern separate writing identifyingrecipients of tangible personal property apply only to wills, andthe provisions that govern the nonexoneration of a specific deviseor bequest of real or personal property apply only to wills and transferon death deeds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 102"
citation: "Virginia SB 102 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d71915a4-3ada-4a1d-9784-63905ed647f2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB102"
source_hash: "f72c30d9218b0746bc221e77e7cf698ab51ebe858364c9fb58fe0543f07d3014"
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 102 (2024) — Wills and trusts; tangible personal property, nonexoneration.

Wills and trusts; tangible personal property;nonexoneration. Provides that if a trust instrument that was revocable,as defined in relevant law, immediately before the settlor's deathrefers to a written statement or list of items of tangible personalproperty and their intended recipients with reasonable certainty andis signed by the settlor, such written statement or list shall begiven the effect of a specific bequest although it does not satisfythe requirements for a trust instrument. The bill also provides thatreal or personal property that is the subject of a specific deviseor bequest in a trust instrument that was revocable immediatelybefore the settlor's death shall be passed without the right of exoneration.Under current law, the provisions that govern separate writing identifyingrecipients of tangible personal property apply only to wills, andthe provisions that govern the nonexoneration of a specific deviseor bequest of real or personal property apply only to wills and transferon death deeds.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0576** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0576)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102489D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB102)
3. **SB102ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB102ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102489D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- **2024-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB102ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 576 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0576)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d71915a4-3ada-4a1d-9784-63905ed647f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).