SB870
Virginia Small Estate Act; funeral expenses and disposition, refusal to pay or deliver small asset.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Small Estate Act; payment or delivery of small asset; disposition and funeral expenses.
Requires any person having possession of a small asset belonging to a decedent, upon presentation of an affidavit by the funeral service establishment handling the disposition of the decedent and any related funeral service, to pay or deliver to such funeral service establishment so much of the small asset as ... (More) does not exceed the amount given priority and has not already been paid. Under current law, such payment is discretionary and made to the undertaker or mortuary. The bill also provides for the discharge and release of a person paying or delivering a small asset in accordance with the provisions of the bill to the same extent as if such person dealt with the personal representative of the decedent. The bill provides that if any person to whom an affidavit is presented refuses to pay or deliver any small asset, such small asset may be recovered, payment or delivery compelled, and damages recovered, on proof of rightful claim, unless such refusal was made in good faith. This bill is identical to HB 2128. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/02/2023 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102082D
- 01/02/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/11/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB870)
- 01/18/2023 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/18/2023 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 1-N)
- 01/18/2023 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104750D-S1
- 01/20/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2023 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/23/2023 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/23/2023 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23104750D-S1
- 01/23/2023 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB870S1
- 01/24/2023 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/28/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB870S1)
- 02/09/2023 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/2023 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2023 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/2023 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2023 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2023 - House: Read third time
- 02/16/2023 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2023 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB870ER)
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB870ER)
- 02/21/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/2023 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/2023 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/2023 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/23/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/23/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)
