Virginia House Bill 2128 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Small Estate Act; payment or delivery of small asset; disposition and funeral expenses. Requires any person having possession of a small asset belonging to a decedent, upon presentation of an affidavit by the funeral service establishment handling the disposition of the decedent and any related funeral service, to pay or deliver to such funeral service establishment so much of the small asset as does not exceed the amount given priority and has not already been paid. Under current law, such payment is discretionary and made to the undertaker or mortuary. The bill also provides for the discharge and release of a person paying or delivering a small asset in accordance with the provisions of the bill to the same extent as if such person dealt with the personal representative of the decedent. The bill provides that if any person to whom an affidavit is presented refuses to pay or deliver any small asset, such small asset may be recovered, payment or delivery compelled, and damages recovered, on proof of rightful claim, unless such refusal was made in good faith.

Virginia Small Estate Act; funeral expenses and disposition, refusal to pay or deliver small asset.

Del. Tony Wilt [R]

2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494)
2023-03-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 494 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-16	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2128ER)
2023-02-16	House	Enrolled
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2023-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-27	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2023-01-27	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2128H1
2023-01-26	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23104923D-H1
2023-01-26	House	Read second time
2023-01-25	House	Read first time
2023-01-23	House	Committee substitute printed 23104923D-H1
2023-01-23	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
2023-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2023-01-19	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103698D

SB870 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)
SB870 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
64	2	604	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2128
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2128+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2128H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2128ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0494+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104923D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23104923D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2128FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2128FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0019+HB2128
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0044+HB2128
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1143+HB2128
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0123+HB2128
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0418HB2128+HB2128
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0423HB2128+HB2128