Wrongful death beneficiaries; parents of decedent who receive support or services, etc.
Summary
Adds parents who received support or services from the deceased for necessaries within 12 months prior to the decedent's death to the primary list of beneficiaries who may receive a distribution of wrongful death damages. The bill applies only to causes of action arising on or after July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Dec 24, 2018
Signed Feb 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 1, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 1, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Feb 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1767H1
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19104764D-H1
lower
Jan 10, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Dec 24, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 24, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101338D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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