---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence of medical reports, etc.; testimony of health care provider or custodian."
description: "Evidence of medical reports, etc.; testimony of health care provider or custodian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1541"
citation: "Virginia HB 1541 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell, J.L."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bd9c504-43da-417c-8f81-04491474bf44"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1541"
source_hash: "7758da369af9ced5673869b5ff8e20868761e6c8f2861443554b6d1b1f1f2765"
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 1541 (2023) — Evidence of medical reports, etc.; testimony of health care provider or custodian.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0398** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0398)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106526D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1541S1)
3. **HB1541ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1541ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100634D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1541)

## Votes

- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell, J.L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100634D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1541)
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Committee substitute printed 23106526D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 23106526D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1541S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106526D-S1 (97-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1541ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 398 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bd9c504-43da-417c-8f81-04491474bf44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).