republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-679.md

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Bill	Preneed funeral contracts; life insurance or annuity contracts.	Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; lifeinsurance or annuity preneed funeral contract requirements. Prohibitsthe Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers from requiring lifeinsurance or annuity contracts used to fund a preneed funeral contractto provide that (i) the face value thereof shall be adjusted annuallyby a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as publishedby the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Laboror (ii) a benefit payable at death under such contract will equalor exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interestor dividends.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 679	Virginia SB 679 (2022)	bill		enacted	Lionell Spruill, Sr.	5	37	7	2022-01-20	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/3270191b-4a7d-4039-851b-5b4c507e1424	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB679	44ec18fbea7f6a1f3081828dc3517dbefca90996a0b2d3068022043236336de2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 679 (2022) — Preneed funeral contracts; life insurance or annuity contracts.

Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; lifeinsurance or annuity preneed funeral contract requirements. Prohibitsthe Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers from requiring lifeinsurance or annuity contracts used to fund a preneed funeral contractto provide that (i) the face value thereof shall be adjusted annuallyby a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as publishedby the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Laboror (ii) a benefit payable at death under such contract will equalor exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interestor dividends.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0641 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22107150D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 22103687D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 22103687D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. SB679ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 6-N) — 90–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22103687D introduction
• 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-26 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2022-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB679)
• 2022-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-01-31 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-01-31 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-01-31 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB679E
• 2022-01-31 Printed as engrossed 22103687D-E
• 2022-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB679E)
• 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 with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-01 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-03-01 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-01 Committee substitute printed 22107150D-H1 substitution
• 2022-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB679H1)
• 2022-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 22107150D-H1
• 2022-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB679H1
• 2022-03-04 Passed House with substitute (91-Y 6-N) passage
• 2022-03-04 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 6-N)
• 2022-03-08 House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2022-03-08 Title replaced 22107150D-H1
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB679ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 641 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3270191b-4a7d-4039-851b-5b4c507e1424. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).