VA HB1615 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 23 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 23 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Chief Medical Examiner; appointment, terms, and authority of medical examiners. Provides that the Chief Medical Examiner may appoint a medical examiner for each county or city in the Commonwealth. Under current law, the Chief Medical Examiner is required to do so. The bill authorizes appointed medical examiners to assist the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner with cases requiring medicolegal death investigations. Finally, the bill clarifies that the appointment of a medical examiner to fill a vacancy is not required to start on October 1 of the year of appointment, and the term length of such appointment is for the unexpired term.
Title
Chief Medical Examiner; appointment, terms, and authority of medical examiners.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-27 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-19 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-27 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-19 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-23 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170) | |
| 2017-02-23 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (effective 7/1/17) | |
| 2017-02-17 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017 | |
| 2017-02-17 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17 |
| 2017-02-17 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2017-02-15 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2017-02-15 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1615ER) |
| 2017-02-15 | House | Enrolled |
| 2017-02-13 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-13 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2017-02-10 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-09 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-06 | Senate | Assigned Education sub: Health |
| 2017-01-30 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2017-01-30 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2017-01-27 | House | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-27 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-26 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2017-01-25 | House | Read first time |
| 2017-01-24 | House | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-19 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-12 | House | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2017-01-03 | House | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 2017-01-03 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101342D |
