SB 1247 Virginia Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Sale of caskets; preneed arrangements for funeral services.

Summary
Prohibits any person except a licensed funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee from offering for sale or selling a casket when preneed arrangements for funeral services are being made, including preneed funeral contracts and preneed funeral planning. The bill provides that the requirement that a funeral service licensee accept a casket provided by a third party applies only in cases in which funeral arrangements are made at-need. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Jan 5, 2019 Signed Feb 21, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 25, 2019

How they voted

321
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 25, 2019
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1 Nay
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Feb 21, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1247S1
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105336D-S1
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-1)
senate
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Education and Health
upper
Jan 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 5, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101786D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bryce Reeves
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
VA
28