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1999 SESSION
HB 2114 Exhumation of corpses.
Introduced by: C. Richard Cranwell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Exhumations and proof of parentage. Provides a procedure for exhumation, testing, and reinterment of a dead body for the purpose of obtaining a posthumous sample to establish parentage, particularly paternity. This bill amends the exhumation statute to authorize the person attempting to prove paternity to petition for exhumation and testing of a dead body for the purpose of establishing such paternity. Present law requires substantial evidence that the person requesting the exhumation is going to prevail in his attempt to prove paternity pursuant to §§ 64.1-5.1 and 64.1-5.2. This bill renders such petitions procedural and not substantive and provides some technical amendments to the evidence statutes. The person obtaining the petition must pay for the exhumation, testing, and reinterment, unless the court determines that, for good cause shown, the estate of the decedent should pay.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 994652176 pdf
- 02/19/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 999142176-S1 pdf
- 03/09/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2114ER) pdf
- 04/08/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/20/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 994652176
- 01/20/99 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/22/99 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
- 01/30/99 House: Reported from H. W. I. (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/99 House: Read first time
- 02/04/99 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/99 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/08/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/09/99 Senate: Assigned to Ed. & Health sub-committee: Health Care
- 02/18/99 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 999142176-S1
- 02/22/99 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/99 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/23/99 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 999142176-S1
- 02/23/99 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 999142176-S1
- 02/23/99 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/25/99 House: Senate sub agreed to by House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE-ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2114ER)
- 03/12/99 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/28/99 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 781 (effective 7/1/99)
- 04/08/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781)