Property under common ownership; creation of easements.
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.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Vetoed
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Vetoed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions
Introduced
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Enrolled
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1 edit
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Mar 10, 2025
MINOR
This bill transitioned from an introduced draft to an enrolled version, meaning it has been approved by the Governor and is now law. The substantive policy content regarding easement creation remains unchanged, with no new requirements, funding, or eligibility criteria added.
TECHNICAL
The bill format changed from a draft introduction to an enrolled final version, adding official chapter numbering, approval stamps, and session headers while keeping all legislative text identical.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2477ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N 3-A)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (89-Y 5-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
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