republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-306.md

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Bill	Wills and estates; claims to exempt property and allowances.	Wills and estates; claims to exempt property and allowances; title to real estate of a bona fide purchaser. Directs that any election to take a family allowance, exempt property, or homestead allowance be made one year after the (i) time of admission of a decedent's will to probate or (ii) qualification of an administrator of the decedent's intestate estate, whichever is later. Current law requires such election of exempt property or allowances to be made within one year of the decedent's death. The bill also provides that the title to real estate of a bona fide purchaser acquired without notice of such election shall not be affected by such election unless such election is recorded in the appropriate circuit court clerk's office within one year after the decedent's death.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 306	Virginia HB 306 (2026)	bill		enacted	Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie	5	28	6	2026-01-09	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/69a0f6eb-3f59-405e-aeed-7f6f7e278171	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB306	58cb1c3e871e389cec7120ef81fbf53c095d4d3460591a4b1c8a7eaa94d06dc2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 306 (2026) — Wills and estates; claims to exempt property and allowances.

Wills and estates; claims to exempt property and allowances; title to real estate of a bona fide purchaser. Directs that any election to take a family allowance, exempt property, or homestead allowance be made one year after the (i) time of admission of a decedent's will to probate or (ii) qualification of an administrator of the decedent's intestate estate, whichever is later. Current law requires such election of exempt property or allowances to be made within one year of the decedent's death. The bill also provides that the title to real estate of a bona fide purchaser acquired without notice of such election shall not be affected by such election unless such election is recorded in the appropriate circuit court clerk's office within one year after the decedent's death.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Civil Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103487D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-01-28 Committee substitute printed 26106133D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (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 substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 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
• 2026-03-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) 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 (HB306ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 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
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69a0f6eb-3f59-405e-aeed-7f6f7e278171. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).