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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Certified nurse midwives, etc.; designation as advanced practice registered nurses."
+description: "Certified nurse midwives, etc.; designation as advanced practice registered nurses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 975"
+citation: "Virginia SB 975 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peake"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-06"
+last_action: "2023-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e856219-ccd3-4b5f-975c-f3ff5382cf85"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB975"
+source_hash: "9f6dd3d3e1f8b01288e6cc9a5ffa7c3b75f5177fbfa830e527eae8cdd9f5f580"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 975 (2023) — Certified nurse midwives, etc.; designation as advanced practice registered nurses.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0183** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0183)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102178D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB975)
+3. **Printed as engrossed 23102178D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB975E)
+4. **SB975ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB975ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peake — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102178D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-16** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB975)
+- **2023-01-19** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-23** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2023-01-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB975E
+- **2023-01-23** Printed as engrossed 23102178D-E
+- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB975E)
+- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB975ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB975ER)
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 183 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e856219-ccd3-4b5f-975c-f3ff5382cf85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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