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SB44Introduced in the Senate

Cemeteries on private property; registration by localities.

Passed

Introduced by Danica Roem, District 30

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Registration by localities of cemeteries on private property. Clarifies that the requirement for the governing body of a locality to publish on its website notice of the public sale of any publicly owned property that contains a known cemetery, graveyard, or other place of burial does not meet the requirement in current law for a newspaper publication of such notice. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479)

April 8, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N 0-A) · March 14, 2026

29

Yes

10

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1No
Mark Obenshain2No
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4No
Travis Hackworth5No
Todd Pillion6No
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100758D

  2. Referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/15/2026 3:16 pm)

  4. Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N)

  5. Rules suspended

  6. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  7. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  8. Read second time

  9. Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)

  10. Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N 0-A)

  11. Placed on Calendar

  12. Read first time

  13. Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

  14. Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2

  15. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)

  16. House subcommittee offered

  17. Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N)

  18. Read second time

  19. Read third time

  20. committee amendment agreed to

  21. Engrossed by House as amended

  22. Passed House with amendment (78-Y 20-N 0-A)

  23. Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment rejected by Senate

  24. House insisted on amendments

  25. House requested conference committee

  26. Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  27. Conferees appointed by Senate

  28. Senate Conferees: Roem, Aird, Hackworth

  29. Conferees appointed by House

  30. House Conferees: Sewell, McGuire, Ware

  31. Conference Report released

  32. Conference report agreed to by House (73-Y 23-N 0-A)

  33. Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N 0-A)

  34. Enrolled

  35. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB44ER)

  36. Signed by President

  37. Signed by Speaker

  38. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  39. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  40. Approved by Governor-Chapter479 (Effective 7/1/2027)

  41. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479)

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