---
type: "Bill"
title: "Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; reciprocity."
description: "Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; reciprocity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2153"
citation: "Virginia HB 2153 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92202aa2-439d-4cf5-a10b-b86f0c4b4190"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2153"
source_hash: "04e5f9c38925c78e893dae122017398f8845305a1cefeb461f80371a15b20f4e"
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 HB 2153 (2017) — Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; reciprocity.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0179)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0179)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2153ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2153ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100064D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2153)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
- John M. O'Bannon, III — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew James — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100064D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 179 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92202aa2-439d-4cf5-a10b-b86f0c4b4190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).