Virginia Senate Bill 1439 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Death certificates; medical certification; electronic filing. Requires the completed medical certification portion of a death certificate to be filed electronically with the State Registrar of Vital Records through the Electronic Death Registration System and provides that, except for under certain circumstances, failure to file a medical certification of death electronically through the Electronic Death Registration System shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Board of Medicine. The bill includes a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020, and a phased-in requirement for registration with the Electronic Death Registration System and electronic filing of medical certifications of death for various categories of health care providers. The bill directs the Department of Health to work with stakeholders to educate and encourage physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners to timely register with and utilize the Electronic Death Registration System.

Death certificate; medical certification, electronic filing w/State Registrar of Vital Records, etc.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224)
2019-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 224 (effective - see bill)
2019-02-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
2019-02-19	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-18	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1439ER)
2019-02-18	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-13	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	House	Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2019-02-11	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2019-02-11	House	Read third time
2019-02-08	House	Read second time
2019-02-07	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-24	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2019-01-24	House	Read first time
2019-01-24	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-01-22	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1439S1
2019-01-21	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19105238D-S1
2019-01-21	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-01-21	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-18	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2019-01-17	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2019-01-17	Senate	Incorporates SB1493 (Cosgrove)
2019-01-17	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19105238D-S1
2019-01-11	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104122D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	263	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2915	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1439
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1439+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1439S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1439ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0224+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0052+SB1439
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0087SB1439+SB1439
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0122SB1439+SB1439
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H12V0128+SB1439
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2624+SB1439
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0573SB1439+SB1439