SB 194 VA

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Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; licensure renewal; electronic death registration system; death certificates. Requires the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to amend their applications for licensure and licensure renewal to require doctors of medicine and osteopathic medicine, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to indicate if they expect their scope of practice to include signing death certificates and, if so, to indicate that they have completed the online tutorial for the Electronic Death Registration System on the Department of Health website. This bill is identical to HB 156.

• Angelia Williams Graves Democratic · primary

1. Jan 9, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102771D · upper
2. Jan 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB194) · upper
4. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions · upper
5. Jan 23, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
6. Jan 28, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
7. Jan 29, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
8. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 1-N 3-A) · upper
9. Jan 30, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Jan 30, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Jan 30, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Jan 30, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105998D-S1 · upper
13. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 2, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 6, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
18. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
19. Feb 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
20. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB194) · upper
21. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) · lower
22. Feb 23, 2026 Read second time · lower
23. Feb 24, 2026 Read third time · lower
24. Feb 24, 2026 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
25. Feb 26, 2026 Enrolled · upper
26. Feb 26, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB194ER) · upper
27. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB194) · upper
28. Feb 26, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
29. Feb 26, 2026 Signed by President · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
32. Mar 31, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
33. Mar 31, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016) · executive

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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
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• Introduced · PDF
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