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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the right of disposition of remains"
description: "Relating to the right of disposition of remains"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4777"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4777 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-10"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af5014c1-5039-4907-b9a5-5faf1d15bfdb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4777&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dee2933b7901b93fa535ada802e3334df8f8dabe9a80bd124d0c26d29a4f81ab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia HB 4777 (2020) — Relating to the right of disposition of remains
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4777%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4777)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4777%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4777)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **301** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dean — primary (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Do pass
- **2020-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 261) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/6/20
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 569) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 253, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af5014c1-5039-4907-b9a5-5faf1d15bfdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).