SB 1055 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Interment rights; descendant, etc., allowed to petition circuit court of locality.

Summary
Interment rights; public property. Allows any immediate family member or descendant of a deceased person buried in an identified family cemetery located on public property owned by a locality or held in trust for such a locality to petition the circuit court of the county or city where the property is located for interment rights upon such property.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill converts the legislative text from an enrolled bill format to a chaptered act format, adding official chapter numbering and approval date while maintaining the exact same substantive legal text regarding interment rights in family cemeteries. No policy changes were made to the actual law.
TECHNICAL

Added chapter heading (Chapter 324), approval date (March 21, 2025), and formatting adjustments typical of enacted legislation.

Converted line breaks and spacing to match official chaptered act formatting standards.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 14, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 17, 2025
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
28
Key actions
12
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 324 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1055ER)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
House Amendments agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
General Laws Amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Danica Roem
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
VA
30