Virginia Senate Bill 8 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Guardians; disposition of remains. Grants both public and private guardians authority to make arrangements for the funeral and disposition of remains, including cremation, interment, entombment, memorialization, inurnment, or scattering of the cremains, or some combination thereof, if the guardian is not aware of any person that has been otherwise designated to make such arrangements. The bill also clarifies that such guardians may make such arrangements if the next of kin of the deceased does not wish to make the arrangements or cannot be located.

Guardians; disposition of remains.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2012-03-05 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-01 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N) (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-30		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)
2012-03-30		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-03-09		Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-08		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-08		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB8ER)
2012-03-08		Senate: Enrolled
2012-03-05		Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2012-03-01		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2012-03-01		House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2012-03-01		House: Engrossed by House as amended
2012-03-01		House: Committee amendments agreed to
2012-03-01		House: Read third time
2012-02-29		House: Read second time
2012-02-27		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (18-Y 0-N)
2012-02-27		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N)
2012-02-16		House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
2012-02-13		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-02-13		House: Read first time
2012-02-13		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-01-19		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2012-01-18		Senate: Read second time and engrossed
2012-01-17		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2012-01-17		Senate: Motion to reconsider reading dispensed agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
2012-01-17		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2012-01-16		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2011-12-16		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2011-12-16		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100041D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	713	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	1020	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB8
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB8+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB8ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0463+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S03V0001+SB0008
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0029SB0008+SB0008
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0030SB0008+SB0008
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0031SB0008+SB0008
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0039SB0008+SB0008
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H0802V0087+SB0008
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H08V0267+SB0008
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1260+SB0008
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0880SB0008+SB0008