HB 756 VA

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Amending death certificates; petitions to the court to amend; Electronic Death Registration System; service upon State Registrar of Vital Records. Requires funeral service licensees requesting an order to amend a death certificate through the Electronic Death Registration System to upload the required petition to the Electronic Death Registration System instead of serving such petition upon the State Registrar of Vital Records.

• Chris S. Runion Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102960D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
3. Jan 21, 2026 Assigned sub: Health · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756) · lower
7. Feb 5, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105529D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 9, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756) · lower
11. Feb 10, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 10, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 11, 2026 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 11, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House · lower
16. Feb 11, 2026 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
17. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
18. Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
19. Feb 19, 2026 Rereferred from Education and Health to Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) · upper
20. Mar 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
21. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) · upper
22. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
23. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
25. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
26. Mar 4, 2026 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to · upper
27. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
28. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 6, 2026 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
30. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
31. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB756ER) · lower
32. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756) · lower
33. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
34. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
35. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
36. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
37. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
38. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215) · 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
• Senate Amendment · HTML
• Courts of Justice Amendment · HTML
• Courts of Justice Amendment · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Health Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Health Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML