Virginia House Bill 1056 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Determination of status of unclaimed cremains belonging to veterans. Provides that prior to the disposal of any unclaimed cremains, a funeral director must submit the name and any other identifying information for such cremains to the Department of Veterans Services for the purposes of determining whether the unclaimed cremains are those of a veteran. Under the bill, the names and any personal identifying information submitted by a funeral director to the Department of Veterans Services are exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§2.2-3700 et seq.).

Veterans; determination of status of unclaimed cremains.

Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. John Cox [R]	Del. Mark Dudenhefer [R]	Del. George Loupassi [R]
Del. Brenda Pogge [R]	Del. Christopher Stolle [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in General Laws
2012-01-24		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-17		House: Assigned GL sub: #4 Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103438D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2808.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2808.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB1056
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1056+hil