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2014 SESSION
HB 997 Cemeteries; procedure for removal and relocation of human remains.
Introduced by: Richard L. Anderson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Proceedings for the removal and relocation of human remains. Provides that should any locality having acquired by any means land on which an abandoned graveyard is located, including lands acquired in accordance with § 22.1-126.1 for educational purposes, initiate plans to use that land for purposes other than to maintain the graveyard, such locality shall, prior to completion of said plans, develop and engage in active public notice and participation regarding efforts to avoid adverse impacts to the graveyard or to remove the remains interred in such graveyard to an alternative repository. The bill provides that such notice and participation shall include, at minimum, publication of at least one notice in a local newspaper of general circulation, notice posted at the site of the graveyard, and notice to and consultation with any historic preservation or other such commission, as well as area historical and genealogical societies, and at least one public hearing, and notice to the Department of Historic Resources (Department) and any local historical commission or organization. In addition, if a locality has acquired land on which an abandoned cemetery or gravesite of Virginians held as slaves at the time of their deaths is located, the locality must notify the Department of the location of such cemetery or gravesite. The Department shall maintain as a public record a listing of all locations of all abandoned cemeteries and gravesites of Virginians held as slaves at the time of their deaths that have been submitted to the Department.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103431D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14104521D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14105290D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB997ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103431D
- 01/08/14 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/10/14 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/28/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14104521D-H1
- 02/03/14 House: Read first time
- 02/04/14 House: Read second time
- 02/04/14 House: Committee substitute agreed to 14104521D-H1
- 02/04/14 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB997H1
- 02/05/14 House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 1-N)
- 02/06/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/24/14 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14105290D-S1
- 02/26/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/14 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/14 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/27/14 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 14105290D-S1
- 02/27/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB997S1
- 02/27/14 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/03/14 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 14105290D-S1 (93-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/14 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/14 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB997ER)
- 03/06/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/04/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 588 (effective 7/1/14)
- 04/04/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588)