republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-598.md

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Bill	Recordation of documents; name changes.	Property and conveyances; recordation of documents;name changes. Provides that any name change made in relationto a person's marriage or divorce is entitled to be recorded in theclerk's office in which deeds are recorded of the county or cityin which any land or interest in any land that is owned by such personlies. Current law only entitles the name change of a woman madein relation to marriage or divorce to be so recorded.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 598	Virginia SB 598 (2024)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	3	25	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/67241d24-16a2-466b-9fea-a25b9c84b36c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB598	e2f4414899f3f52ab115680988d5c19337d53cbcf2e2626228c8c290bd34779b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 598 (2024) — Recordation of documents; name changes.

Property and conveyances; recordation of documents;name changes. Provides that any name change made in relationto a person's marriage or divorce is entitled to be recorded in theclerk's office in which deeds are recorded of the county or cityin which any land or interest in any land that is owned by such personlies. Current law only entitles the name change of a woman madein relation to marriage or divorce to be so recorded.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0711 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100556D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB598ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100556D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-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
• 2024-02-16 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 (SB598ER) 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 711 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67241d24-16a2-466b-9fea-a25b9c84b36c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).