Virginia Senate Bill 185 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Expert witness testimony; chiropractor; physician assistant. Allows a properly qualified physician assistant to testify as an expert witness in a court of law on certain matters within the scope of his activities as authorized under Virginia law, except in any medical malpractice action for or against (i) a defendant doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine regarding standard of care or (ii) a defendant health care provider regarding causation. The bill also adds "treatment" and "treatment plan" to those matters about which a chiropractor may testify as an expert witness.

Physician assistant; expert witness testimony.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

2014-02-25 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-27		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)
2014-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-03-01	Senate	Signed by President
2014-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-02-27	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB185ER)
2014-02-27	Senate	Enrolled
2014-02-25	Senate	Title replaced 14105042D-H1
2014-02-25	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2014-02-21	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB185H1
2014-02-21	House	Committee substitute agreed to 14105042D-H1
2014-02-21	House	Read third time
2014-02-20	House	Passed by for the day
2014-02-19	House	Read second time
2014-02-17	House	Committee substitute printed 14105042D-H1
2014-02-17	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2014-01-20	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-20	House	Read first time
2014-01-20	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-01-16	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2014-01-15	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2014-01-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2014-01-13	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2014-01-02	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102092D

HB191 (Same As) 2014-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	401.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	401.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB185
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB185+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB185H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB185ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0361+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S03V0008+SB0185
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0043SB0185+SB0185
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0055SB0185+SB0185
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H08V0308+SB0185
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0853+SB0185
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0895+SB0185
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0528SB0185+SB0185