2026 Regular Session
HB174
Motor Vehicles and Marine Vessels - Transfer-on-Death Designations
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Authorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a marine vessel or multiple individuals who jointly co-own a marine vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the marine vessel on the death of the owner or each co-owner; and altering certain provisions of law governing the transfer-on-death designation for motor vehicles to allow multiple individuals who jointly co-own a motor vehicle to designate a transfer-on-death beneficiary.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 26, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
136 yea–0 nay · 5 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
39 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 2 absent
Committee referrals
February 27, 2026 · Senate
Judicial Proceedings
January 19, 2026 · House
Environment and Transportation
January 14, 2026 · House
Judiciary
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (39-0) View roll call
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Senate Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
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Senate Referred Judicial Proceedings
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House Third Reading Passed (136-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Adopted
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House Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
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House Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Hearing canceled
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House Reassigned to Environment and Transportation
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House Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Hearing canceled
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House Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Judiciary
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House Pre-filed