S.B. 265: Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act Amendments

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill enacts the Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act.

• Defines terms
• Specifies which personal and real property is treated as community property at death based on the domicile of the spouses and the law of the jurisdiction where the property was acquired
• Excludes property that spouses partition, reclassify, or waive by agreement
• Establishes requirements for how community-property spouses may partition, reclassify, or waive rights to community property
• Creates a presumption that property acquired while domiciled in a community-property jurisdiction is community property unless rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence
• Provides that one-half of community property belongs to the surviving community-property spouse and one-half belongs to the decedent and is subject to disposition at death

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Todd Weiler