--- type: "Bill" title: "Military spouses; burial fees." description: "Military spouses; burial fees." jurisdiction: "us/states/va" legislature: "Virginia General Assembly" session: "2023" identifier: "HB 2362" citation: "Virginia HB 2362 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wiley"] version_count: 5 action_count: 38 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2023-01-13" last_action: "2023-03-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf8c990-6f13-44fd-a74a-cf014d98fa2e" source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2362" source_hash: "75976b30a40c5c0c0393dce084ec70eecb0b8ce7210ed19a7dbbded13470d2f3" 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 2362 (2023) — Military spouses; burial fees. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **CHAP0366** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0366) 2. **Committee substitute printed 23105237D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2362H1) 3. **Committee substitute printed 23106400D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2362S1) 4. **HB2362ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2362ER) 5. **Presented and ordered printed 23103476D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2362) ## Votes - Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper - Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper - VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper ## Sponsors - Wiley — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 23103476D `introduction` - **2023-01-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2023-01-18** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee` - **2023-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered - **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution` - **2023-01-25** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105237D-H1 `substitution` - **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1` - **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2` - **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105237D-H1 `substitution` - **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2362H1 `substitution` - **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB2362H1) - **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3` - **2023-01-31** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) `passage` - **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed - **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2023-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered - **2023-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage` - **2023-02-08** Committee substitute printed 23106400D-S1 `substitution` - **2023-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) - **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB2362S1) - **2023-02-10** Read third time `reading-3` - **2023-02-10** Reading of substitute waived - **2023-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 23106400D-S1 `substitution` - **2023-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2362S1 `substitution` - **2023-02-10** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) `passage` - **2023-02-14** Placed on Calendar - **2023-02-14** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106400D-S1 (97-Y 1-N) `substitution` - **2023-02-14** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) - **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2362ER) `passage` - **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2362ER) - **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2023-02-21** 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` - **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 366 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature` - **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0366) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcf8c990-6f13-44fd-a74a-cf014d98fa2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).