---
type: "Bill"
title: "Autopsies; decedents in the custody of Department of Corrections."
description: "Autopsies; decedents in the custody of Department of Corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1827"
citation: "Virginia HB 1827 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cherry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/233ba539-fa6f-46d0-9d35-e5a68f11d691"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1827"
source_hash: "d1aca4a7be091938c648b1af27bf7b00f818e86085151a33a0eb5d0b708a7e5a"
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 1827 (2023) — Autopsies; decedents in the custody of Department of Corrections.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0477** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0477)
2. **HB1827ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1827ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104209D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1827)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104209D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1827E)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cherry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104209D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1827)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1827E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23104209D-E
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1827E)
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1827ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1827ER)
- **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 477 (effective 1/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/233ba539-fa6f-46d0-9d35-e5a68f11d691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).