---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social services, local dept. of social services allowed to pay reasonable funeral expense."
description: "Local departments of social services; payment of reasonable funeral expenses. Permits the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations allowing local departments of social services to pay the reasonable funeral expenses of a decedent who was a recipient of social services or Supplemental Security Income."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1405"
citation: "Virginia HB 1405 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d73275-3ff3-4624-94fb-c4323825bf31"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1405"
source_hash: "f5b1c613e6393153682cc73930b258b472c0112bfe62402e24e354ebc28d946e"
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 1405 (2026) — Social services, local dept. of social services allowed to pay reasonable funeral expense.

Local departments of social services; payment of reasonable funeral expenses. Permits the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations allowing local departments of social services to pay the reasonable funeral expenses of a decedent who was a recipient of social services or Supplemental Security Income.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093724.PDF)
2. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1137109.PDF)
3. **Social Services Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132650.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179787.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **8–6** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **20–18** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **74–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26104879D `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1405)
- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26107243D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1405)
- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-23** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1405ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1405)
- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 843 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75d73275-3ff3-4624-94fb-c4323825bf31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).