Legislation - HB0616

Title: Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
Sponsored by: Delegates Hutchinson, Adams, Sample-Hughes, and Schmidt
Status: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and prohibiting a person from willfully destroying, damaging, defacing, or removing any part of the grounds of a cemetery.

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Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Judicial Proceedings

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Details

Cross-filed with: SB0421

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0593 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/23/2025 Legislative Date 1/23/2025 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/27/2025 Legislative Date 1/27/2025 Action Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/24/2025 Legislative Date 2/24/2025 Action Favorable Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2025 Legislative Date 2/22/2025 Action Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed Proceedings 34 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/27/2025 Legislative Date 2/24/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (133-0) Proceedings 36 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/28/2025 Legislative Date 2/14/2025 Action Referred Judicial Proceedings Proceedings 34 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial Proceedings Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/26/2025 Legislative Date 3/26/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/26/2025 Legislative Date 3/08/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments {103720/1 Adopted Proceedings 56 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/26/2025 Legislative Date 3/08/2025 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 56 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/27/2025 Legislative Date 3/09/2025 Action Motion Special Order until 3/28 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted Proceedings 57 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/02/2025 Legislative Date 3/15/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (47-0) Proceedings 63 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/02/2025 Legislative Date 3/18/2025 Action House Concurs Senate Amendments Proceedings 58 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/02/2025 Legislative Date 3/18/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (138-0) Proceedings 58 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/02/2025 Legislative Date 3/18/2025 Action Passed Enrolled Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Enrolled - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition Proceedings
Chamber Post Passage Calendar Date 4/22/2025 Legislative Date 4/22/2025 Action Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Chapter - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/23/2025	1/23/2025	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
House	1/27/2025	1/27/2025	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/24/2025	2/24/2025	Favorable Report by Judiciary
House	2/25/2025	2/22/2025	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed	34 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
House	2/27/2025	2/24/2025	Third Reading Passed (133-0)	36 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	2/28/2025	2/14/2025	Referred Judicial Proceedings	34 Click to view Recorded Media
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial Proceedings	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/26/2025	3/26/2025	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Senate	3/26/2025	3/08/2025	Favorable with Amendments {103720/1 Adopted	56 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/26/2025	3/08/2025	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	56 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/27/2025	3/09/2025	Motion Special Order until 3/28 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted	57 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/02/2025	3/15/2025	Third Reading Passed (47-0)	63 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/02/2025	3/18/2025	House Concurs Senate Amendments	58 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/02/2025	3/18/2025	Third Reading Passed (138-0)	58 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/02/2025	3/18/2025	Passed Enrolled
			Text - Enrolled - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
Post Passage	4/22/2025	4/22/2025	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159
			Text - Chapter - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition

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