HB 615 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; notice to descendants.

Summary
Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; noticeto descendants. Provides that no cemetery owned by a county orcity shall be sold to a private owner unless the county or city hasmade a good faith effort to ensure, prior to sale, that the ownershipof such cemetery is vested in the estate of the last owner of recordor that permission for the sale has been granted by the family membersor descendants of such owner. The bill describes a good faith effortas an attempt by the county or city to contact all known family membersand descendants of the last owner of record no less than three separatetimes by phone, mail, or visiting the last known address of recordfor such family members or descendants. The bill requires a countyor city to keep written records of each attempt to contact a familymember or descendant.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Signed Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 8, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 9, 2022

How they voted

39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 8, 2022
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 281 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (20-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101057D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Danica Roem
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
VA
30