VA SB281 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Family cemeteries; interment rights; proof of kinship. Allows a family member or descendant, as defined in the bill, of a deceased person buried in a family cemetery, also defined in the bill, that is located on private property to petition the circuit court of the county or city where the property is located for interment rights upon such property. The bill provides that such family member or descendant may prove kinship to the court through official documentation or nonofficial documentation, such as obituaries, family Bibles or other documents with family signatures, journals or letters of the deceased person interred on the private property, family photographs, or other documentation deemed by the court to be reliable. Family cemeteries; interment rights; proof of kinship. Allows a family member or descendant, as defined in the bill, of a deceased person buried in a family cemetery, also defined in the bill, that is located on private property to petition the circuit court of the county or city where the property is located for interment rights upon such property. The bill provides that such family member or descendant may prove kinship to the court through official documentation or nonofficial documentation, such as obituaries, family Bibles or other documents with family signatures, journals or letters of the deceased person interred on the private property, family photographs, or other documentation deemed by the court to be reliable.
Title
Family cemeteries; interment rights, proof of kinship.
Sponsors
| Sen. Danica Roem [D] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (65-Y 31-N) (Y: 65 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-08 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767) | |
| 2024-04-08 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB281ER) |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-01 | House | VOTE: Passage (65-Y 31-N) |
| 2024-03-01 | House | Passed House (65-Y 31-N) |
| 2024-03-01 | House | Read third time |
| 2024-02-29 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-02-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-01-30 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Printed as engrossed 24104351D-E |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB281E |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Reading of amendment waived |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104351D |
