VA HB614 | 2016 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-19 - Stricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Organ donation; mandated choice. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require each applicant for a driver's license or an identification card to indicate whether he is willing or unwilling to make an anatomical gift and further requires the Department to work with the Virginia Transplant Council to ensure that such mandated choice requirement is designed to encourage organ, tissue, and eye donation with a minimum of effort on the part of the donor and the Department. Current law requires the Department to allow such applicant an opportunity to designate his willingness to make an anatomical gift.

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Title

Organ donation; mandated choice.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2016-01-19HouseStricken from docket by Transportation by voice vote
2016-01-11HouseReferred to Committee on Transportation
2016-01-11HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101059D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
462342(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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