HB 548 VA

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Uniform Health Care Decisions Act; civil penalty. Repeals most provisions of the Health Care Decisions Act and enacts the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act. The bill creates a process for the execution of advance health care directives, as defined in the bill; establishes criteria for determining the capacity of an individual to make health care decisions; provides for the establishment of a default surrogate in the absence of an appointed agent for health care decisions; establishes powers and duties of agents appointed by powers of attorney for health care; and establishes duties of health care professionals.

• Patrick A. Hope Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104963D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/13/2026 1:31 pm) · lower
3. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
4. Jan 21, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB548) · lower
5. Feb 10, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal · lower
6. Feb 11, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) · lower
8. Feb 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/12/2026 9:47 am) · lower
9. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 6-N) · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106652D-H1 · lower
11. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
15. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
18. Feb 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB548) · lower
19. Mar 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
20. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) · upper
21. Mar 4, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
22. Mar 6, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
23. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/11/2026 2:17 pm) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML