Virginia House Bill 610 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Cemeteries; interment rights; proof of kinship. Allows a family member or descendant of a deceased person buried in a cemetery 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. The bill requires, upon satisfactory showing of proof of kinship, a private property owner to allow such family member or descendant access to the property for the purpose of interment.

Cemeteries; interment rights, proof of kinship.

Sen. Danica Roem [D]

2022-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N) (Y: 4 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in General Laws
2022-01-27	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100959D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB610
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB610+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105370A.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1101V0011+HB0610