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| Bill | Servient estate; establishes relocation or modification of easement by owner. | Relocation or modification of easement by owner of servient estate. Establishes that any easement may be relocated or modified either (i) by filing with each clerk of the circuit court of the city or county in which the easement or any part of the easement is located a written agreement evidencing the consent of the easement holder, as defined in the bill, and the consent of any other affected persons or (ii) in the absence of such agreement, upon petition to the circuit court and notice to all interested parties. The bill also provides that certain easements enumerated in the bill shall not be subject to a relocation or modification upon petition to the circuit court. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 252 | Virginia HB 252 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 252 (2026) — Servient estate; establishes relocation or modification of easement by owner.
Relocation or modification of easement by owner of servient estate. Establishes that any easement may be relocated or modified either (i) by filing with each clerk of the circuit court of the city or county in which the easement or any part of the easement is located a written agreement evidencing the consent of the easement holder, as defined in the bill, and the consent of any other affected persons or (ii) in the absence of such agreement, upon petition to the circuit court and notice to all interested parties. The bill also provides that certain easements enumerated in the bill shall not be subject to a relocation or modification upon petition to the circuit court. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Civil Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104063D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB252)
- 2026-01-21 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB252)
- 2026-03-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB252ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB252)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 916 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e325b4f-e332-425e-8f0a-8327738d8544. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).