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type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer on death deeds; inter vivos deed conveying real property to another."
description: "Transfer on death deeds; inter vivos deed conveying real property to another; emergency. Provides that an inter vivos deed is effective to revoke a recorded transfer on death deed if such inter vivos deed conveys real property to another so the transferor is no longer the owner at the time of the transferor's death. Under current law, an inter vivos deed is effective to revoke a transfer on death deed if it expressly revokes all or part of the transfer on death deed. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1871"
citation: "Virginia HB 1871 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e297924-c237-4ac9-a60d-2e727b099a1c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1871"
source_hash: "d8c4706563d17293074308450d2d2c461e6b43c2303dd422830953785f952c6d"
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 1871 (2025) — Transfer on death deeds; inter vivos deed conveying real property to another.
Transfer on death deeds; inter vivos deed conveying real property to another; emergency. Provides that an inter vivos deed is effective to revoke a recorded transfer on death deed if such inter vivos deed conveys real property to another so the transferor is no longer the owner at the time of the transferor's death. Under current law, an inter vivos deed is effective to revoke a transfer on death deed if it expressly revokes all or part of the transfer on death deed. The bill contains an emergency clause.
## 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/1013307.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071190.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020963.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023734.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046264.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101764D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-17** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-22** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Emergency clause added
- **2025-01-22** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-01-22** Printed as engrossed 25101764D-E
- **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 (HB1871ER) `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 85 (Effective 03/18/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e297924-c237-4ac9-a60d-2e727b099a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).