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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Disposition of unclaimed bodies; how disposition expenses paid, seizure of assets."
+description: "Disposition of unclaimed bodies; how disposition expenses paid, seizure of assets."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1817"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1817 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Avoli"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f67a193f-d2e2-4088-8833-b82e08e47194"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1817"
+source_hash: "5cb14906158947ea8b0b08d6935c3338fa6f39dd8f24006fe2578a6bdca3f6d2"
+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 HB 1817 (2023) — Disposition of unclaimed bodies; how disposition expenses paid, seizure of assets.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0486** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0486)
+2. **HB1817ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1817ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102402D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1817)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Avoli — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102402D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
+- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N 1-A) `passage`
+- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1817ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f67a193f-d2e2-4088-8833-b82e08e47194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+