republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-479.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	Death certificate; veterans, fees.	Death certificate; veterans; fees. Expands list of parties eligible to obtain a free certified copy of a veteran's death certificate for service-connected benefits to include any funeral director or funeral service licensee who provides funeral services for the veteran, if so requested by the surviving spouse of the veteran.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 479	Virginia HB 479 (2020)	bill		enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	4	28	6	2020-01-03	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/3678b79f-c6f4-42fe-9c8d-6c2d2a9c82cd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB479	b4d4508db24c5abdd1129586abcb6b443b3b3e10b5c292375835e96644eb0dd2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 479 (2020) — Death certificate; veterans, fees.

Death certificate; veterans; fees. Expands list of parties eligible to obtain a free certified copy of a veteran's death certificate for service-connected benefits to include any funeral director or funeral service licensee who provides funeral services for the veteran, if so requested by the surviving spouse of the veteran.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB479ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB479) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB479H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101267D introduction
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB479)
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Committee substitute printed 20106302D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB479H1)
• 2020-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 20106302D-H1
• 2020-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB479H1
• 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB479ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3678b79f-c6f4-42fe-9c8d-6c2d2a9c82cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).