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SB 445 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Cemeteries; acquisition of abandoned lots in cities and certain towns.

Summary
Cemeteries; acquisition of abandoned lots in cities and certain towns. Removes references to courts of equity, improves readability, and makes technical changes. The bill also removes population brackets and replaces them with the names of specific counties.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Signed Apr 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2020

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 28, 2020
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Apr 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 669 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB445S1
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105766D-S1
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100287D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
VA
21