---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificate of birth; new certificate issued to show change of sex."
description: "Board of Health; certificate of birth; change of sex. Changes current law that requires the State Registrar to amend a person's certificate of birth upon receiving such person's request and a certified copy of a court order indicating that the sex of the person has been changed by medical procedure to instead provide that such person submit a form developed and furnished by the State Registrar and completed by a health care provider from whom the person has received treatment stating that the person has undergone clinically appropriate treatment for gender transition. The bill states that requirements related to obtaining a new certificate of birth to show a change of sex shall not include any requirement for evidence or documentation of any medical procedure. The bill does not change the current requirement for submission of a certified copy of a court order for changing a person's name. The State Registrar is directed to develop the form by September 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1041"
citation: "Virginia HB 1041 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/959ab207-a7aa-4ad3-bc6f-c85bd9c5aa06"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1041"
source_hash: "38131009639188c6789340873fecb09546f58ad930d5741941ae30339c8add27"
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 1041 (2020) — Certificate of birth; new certificate issued to show change of sex.

Board of Health; certificate of birth; change of sex. Changes current law that requires the State Registrar to amend a person's certificate of birth upon receiving such person's request and a certified copy of a court order indicating that the sex of the person has been changed by medical procedure to instead provide that such person submit a form developed and furnished by the State Registrar and completed by a health care provider from whom the person has received treatment stating that the person has undergone clinically appropriate treatment for gender transition. The bill states that requirements related to obtaining a new certificate of birth to show a change of sex shall not include any requirement for evidence or documentation of any medical procedure. The bill does not change the current requirement for submission of a certified copy of a court order for changing a person's name. The State Registrar is directed to develop the form by September 1, 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0465)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1041ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1041ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1041)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1041)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1041H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1041H1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1041S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1041S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 45-N) — **50–45** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N) — **51–44** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105163D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1041)
- **2020-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- **2020-01-28** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20105797D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1041H1)
- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20105797D-H1
- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1041H1
- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N)
- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Committee substitute printed 20108313D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1041S1)
- **2020-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed by for the day
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-03-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20108313D-S1
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1041S1
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108313D-S1 (51-Y 45-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 45-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1041ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 465 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/959ab207-a7aa-4ad3-bc6f-c85bd9c5aa06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).