Vital records; expands the definition of 'dead body.'
Summary
Vital records; definitions.Expands the definitionof "dead body," for the purposes of the administration of vital recordsand the prohibition against disposal or concealment, beyond the recently deceased to include human bodies or body parts in any state of decomposition.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 5, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
11
Committee
16
Amendments
1
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 922 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Education and Health
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Rereferred from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB666E
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Health
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100663D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michael P. Mullin
DDemocratic
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