republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-471.md

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Bill	Powers of attorney, certain; transfer on death deeds.	Certain powers of attorney; transfer on death deeds. Provides that an agent under a power of attorney shall not have the authority to create, change, or revoke a transfer on death deed unless specifically granted the power to create or change a beneficiary designation as otherwise provided by law. This bill is identical to HB 336.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 471	Virginia SB 471 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	3	24	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/874a36fb-3e28-4ca0-bd9f-58bc86f6b490	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB471	4c7fa60c09d63a0b2daa0dec8fd96f35f9f91a3dfd4f0713a88d0250ad6a534f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 471 (2024) — Powers of attorney, certain; transfer on death deeds.

Certain powers of attorney; transfer on death deeds. Provides that an agent under a power of attorney shall not have the authority to create, change, or revoke a transfer on death deed unless specifically granted the power to create or change a beneficiary designation as otherwise provided by law. This bill is identical to HB 336.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0355 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102488D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB471ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (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.

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102488D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice (13-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)
• 2024-02-16 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Passed by temporarily
• 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 (SB471ER) 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
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 355 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/874a36fb-3e28-4ca0-bd9f-58bc86f6b490. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).