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type: "Bill"
title: "FOIA; records of completed unattended death investigations, definition, mandatory disclosure."
description: "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.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1102"
citation: "Virginia SB 1102 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2017-01-07"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a98499a-9971-43c6-babc-ab8175df6708"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1102"
source_hash: "cc5b1a61807cfd5a208ef9d090621e1c29459af30c56229c2aa287628a772c4f"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0828)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1102ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1102ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100845D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1102)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100845D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1102E)
5. **Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1102ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1102ER2)
## Votes
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #1**2020** (fail) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation #1 agreed to — **373** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #1**1624** (fail) · legislature
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #2**2416** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **70** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3**390** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendments #2 and 3 — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a98499a-9971-43c6-babc-ab8175df6708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).