Sale of caskets; preneed arrangements for funeral services.
Summary
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
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 2, 2019
Signed Mar 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 13, 2019
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Mar 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 603 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1828H1
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105047D-H1
lower
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 2, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 2, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101662D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
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