republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1835.md

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Bill	Decedent's life insurance policy; funeral service provider allowed to request, etc.	Allows a funeral service provider to request, and allows a life insurer to provide, information about a deceased person's life insurance policy, including the name and contact information of any beneficiaries of record. The measure does not require a life insurer to provide information that is confidential or protected. The bill requires a funeral service provider to whom such information is provided to make all reasonable efforts to contact all beneficiaries of record, if the beneficiary is not the decedent's estate, within four calendar days of receiving such information and provide to the beneficiaries all information provided to the funeral service provider by the insurance carrier. The bill also requires the funeral service provider to inform the beneficiaries that the beneficiary of a life insurance policy has no legal duty or obligation to pay any amounts associated with the provision of funeral services or the debts or obligations of the deceased.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1835	Virginia HB 1835 (2017)	bill	Insurance Professions and Occupations	enacted	Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	4	21	8	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e2f3a492-7b5e-40ca-b636-0758a69c050b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1835	dfcfcd8df30867733cbca264f9088d7dff9296b838395871643a6f106b2d94c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1835 (2017) — Decedent's life insurance policy; funeral service provider allowed to request, etc.

Allows a funeral service provider to request, and allows a life insurer to provide, information about a deceased person's life insurance policy, including the name and contact information of any beneficiaries of record. The measure does not require a life insurer to provide information that is confidential or protected. The bill requires a funeral service provider to whom such information is provided to make all reasonable efforts to contact all beneficiaries of record, if the beneficiary is not the decedent's estate, within four calendar days of receiving such information and provide to the beneficiaries all information provided to the funeral service provider by the insurance carrier. The bill also requires the funeral service provider to inform the beneficiaries that the beneficiary of a life insurance policy has no legal duty or obligation to pay any amounts associated with the provision of funeral services or the debts or obligations of the deceased.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1835ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17105076D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103316D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — 14–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103316D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17105076D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1835H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-16 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-16 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-20 Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 482 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2f3a492-7b5e-40ca-b636-0758a69c050b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).