HB 156 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 SB 194.

• Paul E. Krizek Democratic · primary

1. Jan 6, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103242D · lower
2. Jan 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
3. Jan 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB156) · lower
4. Jan 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB156) · lower
5. Jan 16, 2026 Assigned sub: Health Professions · lower
6. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
7. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) · lower
8. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
9. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106252D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 5, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 6, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 10, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
17. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB156) · lower
18. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) · upper
19. Feb 20, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Feb 20, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 20, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Feb 23, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Feb 23, 2026 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Feb 25, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Feb 25, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB156ER) · lower
26. Feb 25, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
27. Feb 25, 2026 Signed by President · upper
28. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB156) · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Mar 31, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Mar 31, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042) · 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
• 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 Professions Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML