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type: "Bill"
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title: "Funerals; disagreements among next of kin."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2246"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2246 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris S. Runion"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/822dc6e5-c175-4244-a791-81aa403b3341"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2246"
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source_hash: "c8d2a4e1d958f02c937ff08527b35d8677129bd135f6bb4bf14afbda0bf07523"
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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 2246 (2025) — Funerals; disagreements among next of kin.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015723.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072927.PDF)
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3. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050400.HTML)
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4. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1055788.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059534.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
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- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100609D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2246)
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- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-17** General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2246ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2246)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)
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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/822dc6e5-c175-4244-a791-81aa403b3341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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