Virginia Senate Bill 699 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 20 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Medical malpractice; expert witness certification; court review. Provides that in an action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice, the court, upon good cause shown, may conduct an in camera review of the opinion obtained by the plaintiff of an expert witness who certified that the defendant deviated from the applicable standard of care and the deviation was the proximate cause of the injuries claimed. Such a certification is required before any action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice may be instituted, except in cases where cause of the injuries claimed lies within the jury's common knowledge and experience.

Medical malpractice; expert witness certification, court may conduct an in camera review.

Sen. Ralph Northam [D]

Sen. Kenneth Alexander [D]

2013-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N) (Y: 99 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-11 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-20		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)
2013-03-20		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 610 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-19	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB699ER)
2013-02-19	Senate	Enrolled
2013-02-14	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N)
2013-02-14	House	Passed House (97-Y 2-N)
2013-02-14	House	Read third time
2013-02-13	House	Read second time
2013-02-11	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N)
2013-02-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-02-11	House	Read first time
2013-02-11	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB699S1
2013-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 13103946D-S1
2013-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2013-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2013-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-01	Senate	Incorporates SB1255
2013-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute printed 13103946D-S1
2013-02-01	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2012-10-23	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-10-23	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100016D

SB1255 (Similar To) 2013-02-01 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
HB1545 (Same As) 2013-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	83.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	20.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	50.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB699
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB699+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB699S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB699ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0610+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S03V0152+SB0699
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0328SB0699+SB0699
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0350SB0699+SB0699
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0352SB0699+SB0699
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H08V0334+SB0699
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0907+SB0699