---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information."
description: "Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1048"
citation: "Virginia SB 1048 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Courts of Record", "Health", "Oaths", "Affirmations and Bonds", "Records Retention"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c849be4-18c0-4f09-9aa7-1034d0015a6c"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1048"
source_hash: "650b57135dffc88d8649dd1666324a82f0538f7c5ca7f434c1ea8b8e99010755"
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 1048 (2017) — Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information.

Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0285)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105319D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1048H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1048ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1048ER)
4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104643D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1048S1)
5. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101039D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1048)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101039D `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104643D-S1
- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1048S1
- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 17105319D-H1
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1048H1
- **2017-02-13** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Title replaced 17105319D-H1
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c849be4-18c0-4f09-9aa7-1034d0015a6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).