---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preneed funeral contracts; life insurance or annuity contracts."
description: "Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; lifeinsurance or annuity preneed funeral contract requirements. Prohibitsthe Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers from requiring lifeinsurance or annuity contracts used to fund a preneed funeral contractto provide that (i) the face value thereof shall be adjusted annuallyby a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as publishedby the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Laboror (ii) a benefit payable at death under such contract will equalor exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interestor dividends."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 679"
citation: "Virginia SB 679 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lionell Spruill, Sr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3270191b-4a7d-4039-851b-5b4c507e1424"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB679"
source_hash: "44ec18fbea7f6a1f3081828dc3517dbefca90996a0b2d3068022043236336de2"
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 679 (2022) — Preneed funeral contracts; life insurance or annuity contracts.

Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; lifeinsurance or annuity preneed funeral contract requirements. Prohibitsthe Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers from requiring lifeinsurance or annuity contracts used to fund a preneed funeral contractto provide that (i) the face value thereof shall be adjusted annuallyby a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as publishedby the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Laboror (ii) a benefit payable at death under such contract will equalor exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interestor dividends.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0641** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0641)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107150D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB679H1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103687D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB679)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22103687D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB679E)
5. **SB679ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB679ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 6-N) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22103687D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-26** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB679)
- **2022-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-01-31** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-01-31** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB679E
- **2022-01-31** Printed as engrossed 22103687D-E
- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB679E)
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-01** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute printed 22107150D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB679H1)
- **2022-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 22107150D-H1
- **2022-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB679H1
- **2022-03-04** Passed House with substitute (91-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-04** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 6-N)
- **2022-03-08** House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2022-03-08** Title replaced 22107150D-H1
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB679ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 641 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3270191b-4a7d-4039-851b-5b4c507e1424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).