republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1688.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Cemeteries; grass cutting on land used for interment of human remains.	Cemeteries; grass cutting. Exempts land used for the interment of human remains owned by an individual, family, property owners' association, or church from a local ordinance requiring certain owners of property to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on such property.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1688	Virginia HB 1688 (2020)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	5	29	6	2020-01-17	2020-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/dd00accf-fd5a-4943-a461-8549a8833ac7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1688	c7156a4150c44acc6be10bfc5fe1109e5bd889c459cc7dcdeaf5051d3e42f1a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1688 (2020) — Cemeteries; grass cutting on land used for interment of human remains.

Cemeteries; grass cutting. Exempts land used for the interment of human remains owned by an individual, family, property owners' association, or church from a local ordinance requiring certain owners of property to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on such property.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1688ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1688EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1688H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1688) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N) — 92–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20105731D introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1688)
• 2020-01-29 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107083D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107083D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Amendment by Delegate McQuinn agreed to amendment-passage
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1688EH1
• 2020-02-10 Printed as engrossed 20107083D-EH1
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 7-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Local Government (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled
• 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 597 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd00accf-fd5a-4943-a461-8549a8833ac7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).