Virginia Senate Bill 1320 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Licensed certified midwives; licensure; practice. Defines "practice of licensed certified midwifery," directs the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to establish criteria for the licensure and renewal of a license as a certified midwife, and requires licensed certified midwives to practice in consultation with a licensed physician in accordance with a practice agreement. The bill also directs the Department of Health Professions to convene a work group to study the licensure and regulation of certified nurse midwives, certified midwives, and certified professional midwives to determine the appropriate licensing entity for such professionals. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2021.

Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]
Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-11 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 201 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-26	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1320ER)
2021-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-19	Senate	Title replaced 21104471D-H1
2021-02-19	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1320H1
2021-02-18	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21104471D-H1
2021-02-18	House	Read third time
2021-02-17	House	Read second time
2021-02-15	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2021-02-11	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2021-02-11	House	Committee substitute printed 21104471D-H1
2021-02-11	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2021-02-02	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2021-02-02	House	Read first time
2021-02-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-01-26	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-01-25	Senate	Printed as engrossed 21102336D-E
2021-01-25	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1320E
2021-01-25	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2021-01-25	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2021-01-25	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2021-01-21	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102336D

SB1320 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
HB1953 (Same As) 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)
HB1953 (Same As) 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2957.04	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1320
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1320+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1320E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1320H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1320ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0201+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+SB1320AS
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21104471D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1320F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1320FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1320FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1320FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S04C0053+SB1320
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0080SB1320+SB1320
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0120SB1320+SB1320
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H12V0003+SB1320
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H02V0018+SB1320
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1711+SB1320
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0190SB1320+SB1320