Cemeteries; owner shall publish notice of intent to declare interment rights abandoned in newspaper. (HB306)

Introduced By

Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Cemeteries; abandoned interment rights; notice.  Provides that when no address is known or reasonably ascertainable for a record owner of interment rights, a cemetery owner shall publish a notice of its intent to declare interment rights abandoned in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or city where the cemetery is located for four consecutive weeks before such interment rights may be declared abandoned. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/10/2012Committee
01/10/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102153D
01/10/2012Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/19/2012Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/19/2012Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/25/2012Assigned CC & T sub: #1
02/01/2012Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
02/03/2012Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2012Read first time
02/07/2012Read second time and engrossed
02/08/2012Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/08/2012VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2012Constitutional reading dispensed
02/09/2012Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/20/2012Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2012Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/23/2012Read third time
02/23/2012Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2012Enrolled
02/28/2012Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB306ER)
02/28/2012Signed by Speaker
02/29/2012Signed by President
04/09/2012G Approved by Governor-Chapter 691 (effective 7/1/12)
04/09/2012G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 1 minute.