republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-381.md

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Bill	Investigation or autopsy of dead bodies; notification of retention of whole organ.	Investigation or autopsy of dead bodies; Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; notification of retention of whole organ. Requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to inform through written communication a decedent's next of kin, other person authorized by law to make arrangements for the disposition of a decedent's remains, or funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee if an investigation or autopsy requires the retention of any whole organ of a dead body. If the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner provides written notification to the funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee, the bill requires such establishment or licensee to provide such written notification to the decedent's next of kin or other person authorized by law to make arrangements for the disposition of the decedent's remains.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 381	Virginia HB 381 (2026)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker	5	32	6	2026-01-12	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1ec0b560-97f6-457f-8294-020e3198dc23	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB381	eb43e4fc21d6d895b5f39782104c10d0d91cb859e767dabaa6946282a028e188	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 381 (2026) — Investigation or autopsy of dead bodies; notification of retention of whole organ.

Investigation or autopsy of dead bodies; Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; notification of retention of whole organ. Requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to inform through written communication a decedent's next of kin, other person authorized by law to make arrangements for the disposition of a decedent's remains, or funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee if an investigation or autopsy requires the retention of any whole organ of a dead body. If the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner provides written notification to the funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee, the bill requires such establishment or licensee to provide such written notification to the decedent's next of kin or other person authorized by law to make arrangements for the disposition of the decedent's remains.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104582D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-01-22 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB381)
• 2026-01-25 Committee substitute printed 26105443D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB381)
• 2026-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-27 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB381ER) passage
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB381)
• 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 127 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ec0b560-97f6-457f-8294-020e3198dc23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).