H.R. 1640 · 119th Congress

HEIRS Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 26, 2025 by Nikema Williams (D-GA-5). 10 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 1, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 693.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Feb 26, 2025
Cosponsors
10
1 from the other party
Policy area
Housing and Community Development
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To establish a grant program for States that adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 26, 2025). Public domain.

Heirs Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession Act of 2025 or the HEIRS Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants to assist individuals with the legal processes associated with inheriting certain real property.

Under the first program, HUD must provide grants to states that have enacted the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) (or similar state law). The UPHPA provides due process protections against forced property sales for individuals who inherit real property from a landowner without a will. Historically, state property laws have provided that recipients of such property become tenants-in-common, which permits a single tenant to exercise their right to partition and sell the property.

A state or local government must use grant funds to assist residents with expenses related to establishing and documenting property ownership rights or settling a decedent's estate, including costs related to

  • obtaining title reports, title abstracts, copies of public records, and land surveys;
  • estate planning;
  • heirs searches or tracing services; and
  • recording and filing fees, notary fees, and legal fees and expenses.

Under the second program, HUD must provide grants to housing counseling agencies, legal services clinics at institutions of higher education, and qualified nonprofits. Such organizations must use grant funds to provide housing counseling, legal assistance, and financial assistance related to title clearing and home retention efforts for individuals who inherit property as tenants-in-common.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Nikema WilliamsD-GA-5Sponsor

Democrats · 9

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 26, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 26, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 26, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  4. Jun 30, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jun 30, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
  6. Sep 1, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-793.
  7. Sep 1, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-793.
  8. Sep 1, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 693.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION11 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  2. FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION4 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS2 reports
    $30M reported (all issues)
  4. MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION1 report
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION$125K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. National Taxpayers Union1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.