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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; notice to descendants."
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description: "Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; noticeto descendants. Provides that no cemetery owned by a county orcity shall be sold to a private owner unless the county or city hasmade a good faith effort to ensure, prior to sale, that the ownershipof such cemetery is vested in the estate of the last owner of recordor that permission for the sale has been granted by the family membersor descendants of such owner. The bill describes a good faith effortas an attempt by the county or city to contact all known family membersand descendants of the last owner of record no less than three separatetimes by phone, mail, or visiting the last known address of recordfor such family members or descendants. The bill requires a countyor city to keep written records of each attempt to contact a familymember or descendant."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 615"
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citation: "Virginia HB 615 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Danica A. Roem"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36d30979-82aa-498f-ad1d-64f4d36af317"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB615"
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source_hash: "9b67d3fc9b554b82bbdd4ac29c69fb826592ef5b28228905c7049871d477a177"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 615 (2022) — Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; notice to descendants.
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Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; noticeto descendants. Provides that no cemetery owned by a county orcity shall be sold to a private owner unless the county or city hasmade a good faith effort to ensure, prior to sale, that the ownershipof such cemetery is vested in the estate of the last owner of recordor that permission for the sale has been granted by the family membersor descendants of such owner. The bill describes a good faith effortas an attempt by the county or city to contact all known family membersand descendants of the last owner of record no less than three separatetimes by phone, mail, or visiting the last known address of recordfor such family members or descendants. The bill requires a countyor city to keep written records of each attempt to contact a familymember or descendant.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0281)
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2. **HB615ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB615ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101057D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB615)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101057D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2022-02-03** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-09** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 281 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36d30979-82aa-498f-ad1d-64f4d36af317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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