Virginia Senate Bill 433 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Determination of status of unclaimed cremains belonging to veterans. Provides for a funeral director to provide the names and any other identifying information on unclaimed cremains to the Department of Veterans Services in order for the Department to determine if the unclaimed cremains are those of a veteran. Under the bill, commencing July 1, 2014, the Department shall notify the funeral director within 30 days of receipt of the information if the cremains are those of a veteran and whether such veteran is eligible for burial in a veterans cemetery. In addition, the bill provides that the names and any personal identifying information submitted by a funeral director to the Department are exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).

Veterans; determination of status of unclaimed cremains.

Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. Richard Black [R]	Sen. Charles Colgan [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]
Sen. John Edwards [D]	Del. Thomas Garrett [R]	Sen. Mark Herring [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]
Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Henry Marsh [D]	Sen. Stephen Martin [R]	Sen. Donald McEachin [D]
Sen. Stephen Newman [R]	Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]	Sen. John Petersen [D]	Sen. Linda Puller [D]
Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]	Sen. Frank Ruff [R]	Sen. William Stanley [R]	Sen. Richard Stuart [R]
Sen. Frank Wagner [R]	Sen. John Watkins [R]

2012-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)
2012-03-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 120 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-02-22		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-02-22		Senate: Signed by President
2012-02-22		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB433ER)
2012-02-22		Senate: Enrolled
2012-02-20		House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2012-02-20		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Read third time
2012-02-17		House: Read second time
2012-02-16		House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
2012-02-13		House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2012-02-13		House: Read first time
2012-02-13		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-01-27		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2012-01-26		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB433S1
2012-01-26		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104425D-S1
2012-01-26		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2012-01-26		Senate: Read second time
2012-01-25		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2012-01-23		Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 12104425D-S1
2012-01-23		Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104425D-S1
2012-01-23		Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2012-01-11		Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2012-01-11		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103437D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2808.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2808.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB433
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB433+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB433S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB433ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0120+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S12V0029+SB0433
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0106SB0433+SB0433
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0144SB0433+SB0433
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H12V0103+SB0433
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0873+SB0433
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0907+SB0433