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| Bill | Funeral service providers; caskets provided by third parties. | Funeral service providers; caskets provided by third parties. Eliminates the prohibition on the sale of, or offering for sale, caskets by a person other than a licensed funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee in cases in which preneed funeral arrangements for funeral services are being made. The bill requires funeral service licensees to accept caskets provided by a third party in accordance with the requirements of federal law but makes clear that no funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee shall be required to store a casket provided by a third party when preneed arrangements for funeral services have been made. The bill also provides that any person selling or providing preneed caskets shall be subject to requirements for preneed services set forth in state and federal law. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 641 | Virginia HB 641 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 641 (2020) — Funeral service providers; caskets provided by third parties.
Funeral service providers; caskets provided by third parties. Eliminates the prohibition on the sale of, or offering for sale, caskets by a person other than a licensed funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee in cases in which preneed funeral arrangements for funeral services are being made. The bill requires funeral service licensees to accept caskets provided by a third party in accordance with the requirements of federal law but makes clear that no funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee shall be required to store a casket provided by a third party when preneed arrangements for funeral services have been made. The bill also provides that any person selling or providing preneed caskets shall be subject to requirements for preneed services set forth in state and federal law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB641ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB641E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB641) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104926D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB641)
- 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-28 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-31 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-31 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-01-31 Engrossed by House as amended HB641E
- 2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20104926D-E
- 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)
- 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB641E)
- 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB641ER)
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Signed by President
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 2020-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 97 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ec308fd-d1c3-4895-9957-60041437cfc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).