Providing person criminally responsible for another's death may not be involved in burial arrangements
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2021
Last action Mar 2, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 34
Mar 1, 2021
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican24
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 2, 2021
Committee
To House Judiciary
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Committee
To Judiciary
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 48)
upper
Feb 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute reported
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
To Judiciary
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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