HB 344 VA

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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.

• Marty Martinez Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103482D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil · lower
4. Jan 21, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) · lower
5. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 30, 2026 Read first time · lower
7. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
8. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
9. Feb 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
10. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
11. Mar 9, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) · upper
12. Mar 10, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
13. Mar 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
14. Mar 10, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · upper
16. Mar 11, 2026 Defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N 0-A) · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML