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type: "Bill"
title: "Recordation of documents; name changes."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 598"
citation: "Virginia SB 598 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67241d24-16a2-466b-9fea-a25b9c84b36c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB598"
source_hash: "e2f4414899f3f52ab115680988d5c19337d53cbcf2e2626228c8c290bd34779b"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0711)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100556D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB598)
3. **SB598ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB598ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67241d24-16a2-466b-9fea-a25b9c84b36c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).