Virginia House Bill 1661 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Disposition of dead bodies; how expenses paid. Clarifies that, following any investigation or autopsy performed by the Medical Examiner, expenses for the disposition of a dead body shall be borne by a claimant who claims the body or, if the claimant is unable to pay the reasonable expenses of disposition, the county or city in which the deceased person resided, if a resident of Virginia at the time of death, or the county or city in which the death occurred, if the deceased person was not a resident of Virginia or the location of the deceased person's residence cannot reasonably be determined. If the body is unclaimed and the Commissioner of Health does not accept the body for scientific study, the body shall be accepted by the sheriff of the county or city in which the death occurred, and the costs of disposition shall be borne by the county or city in which the deceased person resided, if a resident of Virginia at the time of death, or the county or city in which the death occurred.

Disposition of dead bodies; payment of expenses.

Sen. Kenneth Alexander [D]

2011-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-25 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-20 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 24 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)
2011-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 569 (effective 7/1/11)
2011-02-20		Senate: Signed by President
2011-02-17		House: Signed by Speaker
2011-02-17		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1661ER)
2011-02-17		House: Enrolled
2011-02-14		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2011-02-14		Senate: Read third time
2011-02-11		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2011-02-10		Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2011-01-26		Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2011-01-26		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2011-01-25		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2011-01-25		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2011-01-24		House: Read second time and engrossed
2011-01-21		House: Read first time
2011-01-20		House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
2011-01-18		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2011-01-18		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2011-01-13		House: Assigned HWI sub: #3
2011-01-10		House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2011-01-10		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100790D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	288	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1661
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB1661+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB1661ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0569+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H1203V0009+HB1661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H1203V0004+HB1661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H12V0041+HB1661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+HV0167+HB1661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+S04V0159+HB1661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0392HB1661+HB1661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0396HB1661+HB1661