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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social services, local dept. of social services allowed to pay reasonable funeral expense."
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description: "Local departments of social services; payment of reasonable funeral expenses. Permits the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations allowing local departments of social services to pay the reasonable funeral expenses of a decedent who was a recipient of social services or Supplemental Security Income."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1405"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1405 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d73275-3ff3-4624-94fb-c4323825bf31"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1405"
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source_hash: "f5b1c613e6393153682cc73930b258b472c0112bfe62402e24e354ebc28d946e"
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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 1405 (2026) — Social services, local dept. of social services allowed to pay reasonable funeral expense.
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Local departments of social services; payment of reasonable funeral expenses. Permits the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations allowing local departments of social services to pay the reasonable funeral expenses of a decedent who was a recipient of social services or Supplemental Security Income.
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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/1093724.PDF)
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2. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1137109.PDF)
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3. **Social Services Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132650.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179787.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **20–18** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **74–24** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26104879D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1405)
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- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26107243D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1405)
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- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-13** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-23** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1405ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1405)
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 843 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/75d73275-3ff3-4624-94fb-c4323825bf31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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