U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB1640: HEIRS Act of 2025
Status: In committee, September 1, 2026
To establish a grant program for States that adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To establish a grant program for States that adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, and for other purposes.
From the committee substitute text, September 1, 2026:
A BILL To establish a grant program for States that adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Heirs Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession Act of 2025 or the HEIRS Act of 2025 . SECTION 2. Grants for eligible entities that adopt the uniform partition of heirs property act (a) In general The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may establish a grant program that provides amounts to eligible entities that-- (1) before the date of the enactment of this section, had enacted or adopted the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act as approved and recommended for enactment in all the States by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2010 or a similar law that the Secretary determines is a substantial equivalent; or (2) on or after the date of the enactment of this section, enact or adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act as approved and recommended for enactment in all the States by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2010 or a similar law that the Secretary determines is a substantial equivalent. (b) Use of amounts Each eligible entity that receives amounts under this section shall use such amounts to assist residents residing in …
Sponsors
- Nikema Williams (D, HD-005) · primary sponsor
- Elizabeth Fletcher (D, HD-TX-7)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D, HD-005)
- Byron Donalds (R, HD-FL-19)
- Sanford Bishop (D, HD-002)
- Kweisi Mfume (D, HD-007)
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Rashida Tlaib (D, HD-MI-12)
- Shomari Figures (D, HD-002)
- Jennifer McClellan (D, HD-004)
- Sylvia Garcia (D, HD-029)
Latest actions
- : Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 693.
- : Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-793.
- : Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Housing and Community Development, Low- and moderate-income housing, Housing finance and home ownership, Housing and community development funding
Common questions
- What is HB1640?
- HB1640 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): HEIRS Act of 2025.
- What does HB1640 do?
- In its own words: To establish a grant program for States that adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB1640?
- In committee as of September 1, 2026. Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 693. (September 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1640?
- Nikema Williams (D, HD-005), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1640?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1640
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