Index of wills; Rockingham Circuit Court to establish pilot program.
Summary
Indexing of wills; pilot program in Rockingham County. Permits the clerk of the Rockingham County Circuit Court to establish a pilot project for an index of wills lodged for safekeeping, with a searchable database available to the public.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 10, 2022
Signed Apr 6, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 1, 2022
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
11
Apr 6, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 109 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB221S1
upper
Feb 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22105829D-S1
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102967D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
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