VA HB2477 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Property under common ownership; creation of easements. Provides that a private appurtenant easement may be created for any purposes by the owner of the dominant and servient estate by the recordation of an instrument that grants or reserves such easement. The bill further provides that the rule of property law known as the doctrine of merger shall not prevent such grant or reservation.
Title
Property under common ownership; creation of easements.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-01-30 - House - Read third time and passed House (89-Y 5-N) (Y: 89 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2025-01-24 - House - Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-22 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-24 - House - Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-22 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2477) |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Read third time and passed House (89-Y 5-N) |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Read first time |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) |
| 2025-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-01-21 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Civil |
| 2025-01-08 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2025-01-08 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102756D |
