Sale of caskets; preneed arrangements for funeral services. (SB1247)
Introduced By
Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Funeral services; sale of caskets. 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 HB 1828. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/05/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101786D |
01/05/2019 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
01/10/2019 | Impact statement from VDH (SB1247) |
01/14/2019 | Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/14/2019 | Rereferred to Education and Health |
01/21/2019 | Assigned Education sub: Health |
01/24/2019 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/24/2019 | Committee substitute printed 19105336D-S1 |
01/25/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2019 | Read second time |
01/28/2019 | Reading of substitute waived |
01/28/2019 | Committee substitute agreed to 19105336D-S1 |
01/28/2019 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1247S1 |
01/29/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1247S1) |
01/29/2019 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2019 | Placed on Calendar |
02/04/2019 | Read first time |
02/04/2019 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
02/07/2019 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2019 | Read second time |
02/11/2019 | Read third time |
02/11/2019 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/11/2019 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2019 | Enrolled |
02/12/2019 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1247ER) |
02/12/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1247ER) |
02/12/2019 | Signed by Speaker |
02/13/2019 | Signed by President |
02/14/2019 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019 |
02/14/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019 |
02/21/2019 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective 7/1/19) |
02/21/2019 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093) |
Comments
This bill if very unfriendly to consumers. A funeral home should accept a casket from a third party whether it is purchased at-need or months or years before the death. It should make no difference to the funeral home. The Federal Trade Commission's Funeral Rule should be followed and that allows for consumers to provide a casket from any source and the funeral home must accept it. Be fair to consumers. This bill should die in committee.
This bill is very unfriendly to consumers. It should be killed.
This bill should not pass committee. The bill would only benefit funeral service licensees, without providing any benefit to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia who would be subject to the law. The bill's "at need" restriction on the FTC Funeral Rule's provisions regarding casket sales is an arbitrary restriction that would unfairly burden grieving families who do not wish to purchase a casket from funeral service licensees, even if those same grieving families were to choose to hire funeral service licensees to provide other services: namely, the services for which funeral service licensees are specially trained. The bill severely and unfairly limits a growing segment of market actors by restricting their participation in the marketplace to a specific period of time. Moreover, the bill fails to provide any principled basis for restricting casket sales in the manner specified in the bill.
This bill should not pass committee. The bill would only benefit funeral service licensees, without providing any benefit to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia who would be subject to the law. The bill's "at need" restriction on the FTC Funeral Rule's provisions regarding casket sales is an arbitrary restriction that would unfairly burden grieving families who do not wish to purchase a casket from funeral service licensees, even if those same grieving families were to choose to hire funeral service licensees to provide other services: namely, the services for which funeral service licensees are specially trained. The bill severely and unfairly limits a growing segment of market actors by restricting their participation in the marketplace to a specific period of time. Moreover, the bill fails to provide any principled basis for restricting casket sales in the manner specified in the bill.
This bill should not become law--it is unfair to consumers, who should have the freedom to choose a casket from any source.
This bill is unfair to consumers, who should have the right to choose any casket for their loved ones.