Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

6.9 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

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
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 Preneed funeral contracts; removes requirement relating to life insurance or annuity contract. Preneed funeral contracts; emergency. Removes the requirement that if a life insurance or annuity contract is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the life insurance or annuity contract must provide either that the face value thereof shall be adjusted annually by a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a benefit payable at death under such contract that will equal or exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interest or dividends, which for the first 15 years shall be compounded annually at a rate of at least five percent. The bill also removes the requirement that interest or dividends continue to be paid after 15 years. The bill provides that for any life insurance or annuity contract that is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the face amount of any life insurance policy shall not be decreased over the life of such policy except for life insurance policies that have lapsed due to the nonpayment of premiums or have gone to a nonforfeiture option that lowers the amount as allowed for in the provisions of the policy. The bill contains an emergency clause. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 1269 Virginia HB 1269 (2022)
bill
enacted
Christopher T. Head
4 31 7 2022-01-20 2022-03-09 openstates ocd-bill/aa55c50c-31f0-4b65-86b0-af300db8d550 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1269 2c3154f53cf12526127da15c89be596f462e3f7ed04cbe64c5771d900dbf93c1 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-va

Virginia HB 1269 (2022) — Preneed funeral contracts; removes requirement relating to life insurance or annuity contract.

Preneed funeral contracts; emergency. Removes the requirement that if a life insurance or annuity contract is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the life insurance or annuity contract must provide either that the face value thereof shall be adjusted annually by a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a benefit payable at death under such contract that will equal or exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interest or dividends, which for the first 15 years shall be compounded annually at a rate of at least five percent. The bill also removes the requirement that interest or dividends continue to be paid after 15 years. The bill provides that for any life insurance or annuity contract that is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the face amount of any life insurance policy shall not be decreased over the life of such policy except for life insurance policies that have lapsed due to the nonpayment of premiums or have gone to a nonforfeiture option that lowers the amount as allowed for in the provisions of the policy. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0018 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22105126D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1269ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Presented and ordered printed 22103770D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Passage Emergency (80-Y 20-N) — 7920 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 211 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22103770D introduction
  • 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2022-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1269)
  • 2022-02-03 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-10 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-10 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-10 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-10 Committee substitute printed 22105126D-H1 substitution
  • 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1269H1)
  • 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22105126D-H1
  • 2022-02-14 Emergency clause added
  • 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1269H1
  • 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House (80-Y 20-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-15 VOTE: Passage Emergency (80-Y 20-N)
  • 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-01 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1269ER)
  • 2022-03-01 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-01 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2022
  • 2022-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 9, 2022
  • 2022-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 3/9/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa55c50c-31f0-4b65-86b0-af300db8d550. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).