HB 610 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Cemeteries; interment rights, proof of kinship.

Summary
Cemeteries; interment rights; proof of kinship.Allows a family member or descendant of a deceased person buriedin a cemetery that is located on private property to petition thecircuit court of the county or city where the property is located for interment rights upon such property. The bill provides that suchfamily member or descendant may prove kinship to the court throughofficial documentation or nonofficial documentation, such as obituaries,family Bibles or other documents with family signatures, journalsor letters of the deceased person interred on the private property,family photographs, or other documentation deemed by the court tobe reliable. The bill requires, upon satisfactory showing of proofof kinship, a private property owner to allow such family memberor descendant access to the property for the purpose of interment.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100959D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Danica Roem
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