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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cemeteries, special interments; pets."
+description: "Cemeteries, special interments; pets. Allowsthe remains of cremated pets to be interred with human remains."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 1070"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1070 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-17"
+last_action: "2020-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad7faa79-d440-4360-bb70-a2f9573248d3"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1070"
+source_hash: "f54a3d8d5f21b2d10cce94b2b76216800f3147232566c1118bdf72f1014f3d84"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1070 (2020) — Cemeteries, special interments; pets.
+
+Cemeteries, special interments; pets. Allowsthe remains of cremated pets to be interred with human remains.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0537)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1070ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1070ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB1070)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1070)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
+- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 20105326D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB1070)
+- **2020-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-14** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1070ER)
+- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad7faa79-d440-4360-bb70-a2f9573248d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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