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| Bill | Funerals; disagreements among next of kin. | Funerals; disagreements among next of kin. Permits funeral service establishments to proceed with funeral and disposition arrangements upon authorization from any next of kin after 30 days have passed since the funeral service establishment learned of a dispute between next of kin. Such procedure may only occur if the funeral service establishment has not received written notice of agreement among the next of kin or a court order resolving the dispute within the 30-day period. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2246 | Virginia HB 2246 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2246 (2025) — Funerals; disagreements among next of kin.
Funerals; disagreements among next of kin. Permits funeral service establishments to proceed with funeral and disposition arrangements upon authorization from any next of kin after 30 days have passed since the funeral service establishment learned of a dispute between next of kin. Such procedure may only occur if the funeral service establishment has not received written notice of agreement among the next of kin or a court order resolving the dispute within the 30-day period.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100609D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Assigned sub: Health
referral-committee - 2025-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2246)
- 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-30 Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-17 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-02-17 General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-02-17 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-02-20 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2246ER)
passage - 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2246)
- 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-23 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/822dc6e5-c175-4244-a791-81aa403b3341. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).