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Bill	Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information.	Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1048	Virginia SB 1048 (2017)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Record Health Oaths Affirmations and Bonds Records Retention	enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	5	22	6	2017-01-05	2017-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/7c849be4-18c0-4f09-9aa7-1034d0015a6c	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1048	650b57135dffc88d8649dd1666324a82f0538f7c5ca7f434c1ea8b8e99010755	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1048 (2017) — Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information.

Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105319D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1048ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104643D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101039D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101039D introduction
• 2017-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104643D-S1
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1048S1
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 17105319D-H1
• 2017-02-13 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1048H1
• 2017-02-13 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-15 Title replaced 17105319D-H1
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c849be4-18c0-4f09-9aa7-1034d0015a6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).