Virginia House Bill 659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Funeral services; burial power of attorney. Provides that a person may designate in a signed and notarized writing an individual who shall make arrangements for his funeral and the disposition of his remains, including cremation, upon his death. Such designee shall have priority over all persons entitled to make such arrangements. The bill further provides that notwithstanding the above, any contract made by a decedent's next of kin with a funeral establishment or cemetery for the decedent's funeral and burial shall be an obligation of the decedent's estate, to the extent that goods have been provided and services have been rendered without knowledge by the funeral establishment or cemetery of such designation. This bill is in response to an opinion of the Office of the Attorney General.

Funeral services; burial power of attorney.

Del. Ward Armstrong [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2010-02-01		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2010-01-19		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2010-01-12		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-12		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103770D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2825	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB659
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB659+hil