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type: "Bill"
title: "Powers of attorney, certain; transfer on death deeds."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 471"
citation: "Virginia SB 471 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874a36fb-3e28-4ca0-bd9f-58bc86f6b490"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB471"
source_hash: "4c7fa60c09d63a0b2daa0dec8fd96f35f9f91a3dfd4f0713a88d0250ad6a534f"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0355)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102488D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB471)
3. **SB471ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB471ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/874a36fb-3e28-4ca0-bd9f-58bc86f6b490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).