---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; removes fee to cover administrative cost, etc."
description: "Board of Health; fee for Certificate of BirthResulting in Stillbirth. Removes the requirement that the Boardof Health prescribe a reasonable fee to cover the administrativecost and preparation of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 91"
citation: "Virginia HB 91 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/024105b1-f83f-433b-939e-d6389a5face5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB91"
source_hash: "6967e9c51827ea137f90b7b2d4599b9b1f18cf60fff0a3aa9df346824c4f131c"
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 91 (2022) — Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; removes fee to cover administrative cost, etc.

Board of Health; fee for Certificate of BirthResulting in Stillbirth. Removes the requirement that the Boardof Health prescribe a reasonable fee to cover the administrativecost and preparation of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0171)
2. **HB91ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB91ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100313D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB91)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100313D `introduction`
- **2022-01-06** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB91)
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2022-02-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB91ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/024105b1-f83f-433b-939e-d6389a5face5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).