republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-143.md

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Bill	Mortuary science education; practical experience required.	Requires every public institution of higher education that offers a degree in mortuary science to require students to complete practical experience in the areas of funeral service and embalming prior to graduation from such program. The bill also provides that a person who is duly enrolled in a mortuary education program may assist in embalming while under the supervision of a funeral service licensee or embalmer with an active, unrestricted license issued by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, provided that such embalming occurs in a funeral service establishment licensed by the Board and in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 143	Virginia SB 143 (2018)	bill	Professions and Occupations	enacted	Lionell Spruill, Sr.	3	21	6	2017-12-27	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4e895d70-0a0f-44c0-8bf0-79c93513944b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB143	0831a48ac14d10c086562135309eaee9f055cff1f7ab71d4265628510cac0357	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 143 (2018) — Mortuary science education; practical experience required.

Requires every public institution of higher education that offers a degree in mortuary science to require students to complete practical experience in the areas of funeral service and embalming prior to graduation from such program. The bill also provides that a person who is duly enrolled in a mortuary education program may assist in embalming while under the supervision of a funeral service licensee or embalmer with an active, unrestricted license issued by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, provided that such embalming occurs in a funeral service establishment licensed by the Board and in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board.

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB143ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101219D (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Printed as engrossed 18101219D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rereferred from General Laws and Technology — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101219D introduction
• 2017-12-27 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-01-15 Rereferred to Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-29 Reading of amendment waived
• 2018-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-01-29 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB143E
• 2018-01-29 Printed as engrossed 18101219D-E
• 2018-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e895d70-0a0f-44c0-8bf0-79c93513944b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).