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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wrongful death beneficiaries; parents of decedent who receive support or services, etc."
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description: "Adds parents who received support or services from the deceased for necessaries within 12 months prior to the decedent's death to the primary list of beneficiaries who may receive a distribution of wrongful death damages. The bill applies only to causes of action arising on or after July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1767"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1767 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-12-24"
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last_action: "2019-02-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3334a02f-58df-4413-8777-2b72bd6701ca"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1767"
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source_hash: "523f3d9913e3e301af54ed07103a7d3d43f74f4d2393a256641a91c085428a09"
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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 1767 (2019) — Wrongful death beneficiaries; parents of decedent who receive support or services, etc.
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Adds parents who received support or services from the deceased for necessaries within 12 months prior to the decedent's death to the primary list of beneficiaries who may receive a distribution of wrongful death damages. The bill applies only to causes of action arising on or after July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0047)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1767)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1767ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1767ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104764D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1767H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101338D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1767)
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6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1767ASE)
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## Votes
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-24** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101338D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-24** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 19104764D-H1
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- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1767H1
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-02-07** Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-11** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
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- **2019-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (effective 7/1/19) `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/3334a02f-58df-4413-8777-2b72bd6701ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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