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Bill Cemetery Board; appointment of receiver upon revocation or surrender of license to operate cemetery. Cemetery Board; appointment of receiver upon revocation or surrender of license to operate cemetery in Virginia. Requires the Cemetery Board to petition a court of record having equity jurisdiction over the licensee or any of the funds held by him if the Board has reason to believe that (i) the licensee is not able to adequately protect the interest of the person involved; (ii) the licensee has had his license suspended, revoked, or surrendered; and (iii) the conduct of the licensee or the operation of the cemetery threatens the interests of the public. Current law allows, but does not require, the Board to file such petition upon a showing of at least one of the three requirements. If a receiver is appointed, the bill provides that the expenses of such receivership and a reasonable fee, as determined by the court, shall be paid from the assets of the cemetery company. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 183 Virginia SB 183 (2022)
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Virginia SB 183 (2022) — Cemetery Board; appointment of receiver upon revocation or surrender of license to operate cemetery.

Cemetery Board; appointment of receiver upon revocation or surrender of license to operate cemetery in Virginia. Requires the Cemetery Board to petition a court of record having equity jurisdiction over the licensee or any of the funds held by him if the Board has reason to believe that (i) the licensee is not able to adequately protect the interest of the person involved; (ii) the licensee has had his license suspended, revoked, or surrendered; and (iii) the conduct of the licensee or the operation of the cemetery threatens the interests of the public. Current law allows, but does not require, the Board to file such petition upon a showing of at least one of the three requirements. If a receiver is appointed, the bill provides that the expenses of such receivership and a reasonable fee, as determined by the court, shall be paid from the assets of the cemetery company.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0161 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22104359D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101463D (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB183ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101463D introduction
  • 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-01-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-19 Committee substitute printed 22104359D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-01-24 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2022-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 22104359D-S1
  • 2022-01-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB183S1
  • 2022-01-25 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB183S1)
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-23 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-23 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-01 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-09 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB183ER)
  • 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
  • 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 161 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9216cc4b-9443-472c-98ec-b69842a00bb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).