republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-666.md

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Bill	Vital records; expands the definition of 'dead body.'	Vital records; definitions.Expands the definitionof "dead body," for the purposes of the administration of vital recordsand the prohibition against disposal or concealment, beyond the recently deceased to include human bodies or body parts in any state of decomposition.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 666	Virginia HB 666 (2020)	bill		enacted	Michael P. Mullin	4	40	11	2020-01-06	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/7dd6a5a6-691f-4f62-8c0c-da7b3a026d6b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB666	15d241841a00783b3fc6bc8507cbd99fd4b8ec78aad59207799e8264ff3c3f65	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 666 (2020) — Vital records; expands the definition of 'dead body.'

Vital records; definitions.Expands the definitionof "dead body," for the purposes of the administration of vital recordsand the prohibition against disposal or concealment, beyond the recently deceased to include human bodies or body parts in any state of decomposition.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0922) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB666ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB666E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from VCSC (HB666) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100663D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-01-09 Impact statement from VCSC (HB666)
• 2020-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB666)
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended HB666E
• 2020-02-10 Printed as engrossed 20100663D-E
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB666E)
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2020-02-11 Passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Rereferred from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Rereferred to Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB666ER)
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 922 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dd6a5a6-691f-4f62-8c0c-da7b3a026d6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).