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type: "Bill"
title: "Administration of estates; claims against decedent or estate."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 64.2-552 and 64.2-556 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 64.2 a section numbered 64.2-508.1, relating to administration of estates; claims against decedent or estate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 307"
citation: "Virginia HB 307 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen R. \"Kacey\" Carnegie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63f31012-7b7c-455c-afeb-617c89e2ad80"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB307"
source_hash: "66ff23a66f5296b1ffc8465212acfdc86fc97f24898731346d962e3888a2c227"
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 HB 307 (2026) — Administration of estates; claims against decedent or estate.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 64.2-552 and 64.2-556 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 64.2 a section numbered 64.2-508.1, relating to administration of estates; claims against decedent or estate.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083776.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217762.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210722.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **190** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **140** (pass) · upper
## 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 26103488D `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** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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 (HB307ER) `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 382 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63f31012-7b7c-455c-afeb-617c89e2ad80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).