republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1102.md

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Bill	FOIA; records of completed unattended death investigations, definition, mandatory disclosure.	Requires that records of completed unattended death investigations be released to the parent or spouse of the decedent or, if there is no living parent or spouse, to the most immediate family member of the decedent, provided the person is not a person of interest or a suspect. The bill also defines "unattended death" and "immediate family member."	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1102	Virginia SB 1102 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Consumer Protection	enacted	Scott A. Surovell	5	31	12	2017-01-07	2017-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/9a98499a-9971-43c6-babc-ab8175df6708	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1102	cc5b1a61807cfd5a208ef9d090621e1c29459af30c56229c2aa287628a772c4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1102 (2017) — FOIA; records of completed unattended death investigations, definition, mandatory disclosure.

Requires that records of completed unattended death investigations be released to the parent or spouse of the decedent or, if there is no living parent or spouse, to the most immediate family member of the decedent, provided the person is not a person of interest or a suspect. The bill also defines "unattended death" and "immediate family member."

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1102ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100845D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100845D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1102ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #1 — 20–20 (fail) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation #1 agreed to — 37–3 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #1 — 16–24 (fail) · legislature
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 — 24–16 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendments #2 and 3 — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100845D introduction
• 2017-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned GL&T sub: #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-01-26 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1102E
• 2017-01-26 Printed as engrossed 17100845D-E
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-27 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2017-04-05 Chair votes No
• 2017-04-05 House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendments #2 and 3 (97-Y 0-N)
• 2017-04-05 Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
• 2017-04-05 Reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Reenrolled bill text (SB1102ER2)
• 2017-04-05 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Communicated to Governor
• 2017-04-05 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
• 2017-04-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 828 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a98499a-9971-43c6-babc-ab8175df6708. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).