---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information."
description: "Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2276"
citation: "Virginia HB 2276 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Courts of Record", "Health", "Records Retention"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony O. Wilt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4928b9c8-f27c-46a2-9a7f-c5f6e59f6ac9"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2276"
source_hash: "00c19b91514414ad203510d1d0f2314d14458ef8be6bc74aa9b38e94d142702b"
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 2276 (2017) — Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information.

Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0284)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0284)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2276ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2276ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104698D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2276H1)
4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17101100D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2276)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105312D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2276S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105312D-S1 — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 17101100D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104698D-H1
- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2276H1
- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 17105312D-S1
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2276S1
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105312D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 284 (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/4928b9c8-f27c-46a2-9a7f-c5f6e59f6ac9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).