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VA HB 133

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Electronic execution of estate planning documents; codifies Uniform Electronic Wills Act.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Electronic execution of estate planning documents; Uniform Electronic Wills Act. Permits advance medical directives and refusals to make anatomical gifts to be signed and notarized, as appropriate, by electronic means. The bill also codifies the Uniform Electronic Wills Act, which permits a testator to execute a will by electronic means.

Introduced
2026-01-03
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-25 — Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N 1-A)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Marcus B. Simonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-03

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100459D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-03

    Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-22

    Assigned HCJ sub: Civil

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-26

    House subcommittee offered

  5. 2026-01-26

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)

    substitution

  6. 2026-01-28

    Committee substitute printed 26106186D-H1

    substitution

  7. 2026-01-28

    Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  8. 2026-01-30

    Read first time

    reading-1

  9. 2026-02-02

    Read second time

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-02

    committee substitute agreed to

    substitution

  11. 2026-02-02

    Engrossed by House - committee substitute

    substitution

  12. 2026-02-03

    Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)

    passage,reading-3

  13. 2026-02-04

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  14. 2026-02-04

    Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

    referral-committee

  15. 2026-02-25

    Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N 1-A)

    committee-failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute

    2026-01-26 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Marcus B. Simon: yes
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
    • Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
    • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
    • Virgil Thornton: yes
    • Terry G. Kilgore: yes
    • James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
    • Jason S. Ballard: yes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute

    2026-01-28 · pass · 19-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Patrick A. Hope: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
    • Vivian E. Watts: yes
    • Marcus B. Simon: yes
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Karrie K. Delaney: yes
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Rae Cousins: yes
    • Atoosa R. Reaser: not voting
    • Katrina Callsen: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
    • Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
    • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
    • Virgil Thornton: yes
    • Charlie Schmidt: not voting
    • Terry G. Kilgore: yes
    • James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
    • Jason S. Ballard: yes
    • Wren M. Williams: not voting
    • Will Davis: yes
    • Madison Whittle: yes
    • Justin Pence: yes

  • H VOTE:

    2026-02-03 · pass · 98-0

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Jessica L. Anderson: yes
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • Alex Q. Askew: yes
    • Terry L. Austin: yes
    • Jason S. Ballard: yes
    • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • Katrina Callsen: yes
    • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
    • Mike A. Cherry: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: yes
    • Laura Jane Cohen: yes
    • Joshua G. Cole: yes
    • Nicole Cole: yes
    • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
    • Mitchell Cornett: yes
    • Rae Cousins: yes
    • Will Davis: yes
    • Karrie K. Delaney: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Mark C. Downey: yes
    • Michael B. Feggans: yes
    • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
    • Lily V. Franklin: yes
    • Margaret A. Franklin: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
    • Jackie H. Glass: yes
    • Timothy P. Griffin: yes
    • Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
    • Karen Hamilton: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • Dan I. Helmer: yes
    • Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Patrick A. Hope: yes
    • Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: not voting
    • Terry G. Kilgore: yes
    • Barry D. Knight: not voting
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
    • Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
    • Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
    • Marty Martinez: yes
    • John Chilton McAuliff: yes
    • Adele Y. McClure: yes
    • Garrett McGuire: yes
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
    • Joseph P. McNamara: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: yes
    • Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
    • James W. Morefield: yes
    • May Nivar: yes
    • Delores Oates: yes
    • Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
    • Justin Pence: yes
    • Eric Phillips: yes
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
    • Sam Rasoul: yes
    • Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
    • David A. Reid: yes
    • Chris S. Runion: yes
    • Charlie Schmidt: yes
    • Don Scott: yes
    • Phillip A. Scott: yes
    • Holly M. Seibold: yes
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Irene Shin: yes
    • Marcus B. Simon: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • JJ Singh: yes
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
    • Joshua E. Thomas: yes
    • Virgil Thornton: yes
    • Luke E. Torian: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: yes
    • Jeion A. Ward: yes
    • R. Lee Ware: yes
    • Vivian E. Watts: yes
    • Michael J. Webert: yes
    • Madison Whittle: yes
    • Bill Wiley: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Wren M. Williams: yes
    • Tony O. Wilt: yes
    • Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
    • Scott A. Wyatt: yes
    • Eric R. Zehr: yes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice

    2026-02-25 · fail · 6-8

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Scott A. Surovell: no
    • Mark D. Obenshain: no
    • Ryan T. McDougle: no
    • R. Creigh Deeds: no
    • Richard H. Stuart: no
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Russet Perry: no
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: abstain
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: no
    • Michael J. Jones: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB133

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