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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Trust Code; adds \"electronic\" to definitions in Code."
description: "Uniform Trust Code; definitions. Adds \"electronic\" to the definitions in the Uniform Trust Code. The bill also amends the definition of \"trust instrument.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1770"
citation: "Virginia HB 1770 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-05"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f606e771-0640-44c8-bc50-babfa055bb1b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1770"
source_hash: "50dce9c700a15bf3eab8a6b4c4f4830b49f45cb0ee92991c4cc27d150a4018f2"
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 1770 (2025) — Uniform Trust Code; adds "electronic" to definitions in Code.
Uniform Trust Code; definitions. Adds "electronic" to the definitions in the Uniform Trust Code. The bill also amends the definition of "trust instrument."
## 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/1013151.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071138.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046241.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102761D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-12** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1770ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-15** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 74 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0074)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f606e771-0640-44c8-bc50-babfa055bb1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).