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2017 SESSION
HB 2050 Tenancy; severance by the entireties by written instrument.
Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Severance of tenancy by the entireties by written instrument. Clarifies that a husband and wife may own real or personal property as tenants by the entirety for as long as they are married. The bill provides that, in order to sever a tenancy by the entireties by written instrument, the instrument must be a deed that is signed by both spouses as grantors of the property. This bill is in response to Evans v. Evans, Record No. 141277, 772 S.E.2d 576, 2015 Va. LEXIS 84 (2015), and, as introduced, was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100722D pdf
- 01/25/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17100722D-E pdf
- 02/10/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2050ER) pdf
- 02/17/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100722D
- 01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/18/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/17 House: Read first time
- 01/25/17 House: Read second time
- 01/25/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/25/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2050E
- 01/25/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17100722D-E
- 01/26/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/08/17 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/10/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2050ER)
- 02/10/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/13/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/13/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
- 02/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
- 02/17/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 38 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/17/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038)