---
type: "Bill"
title: "Midwifery; administration of medication."
description: "Midwifery; administration of medication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1511"
citation: "Virginia HB 1511 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, D.M."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13701b17-ab99-4271-8399-894b78535266"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1511"
source_hash: "5632820ac799bc17ade733ede6c25135f1c8828ba8ffd6119ce270d26e0acac4"
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 1511 (2023) — Midwifery; administration of medication.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0673** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0673)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106519D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1511S1)
3. **HB1511ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1511ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100353D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1511)
5. **Printed as engrossed 23100353D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1511E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, D.M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100353D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1511)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB1511E
- **2023-01-30** Printed as engrossed 23100353D-E
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1511E)
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106519D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1511S1)
- **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 23106519D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1511S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106519D-S1 (98-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1511ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1511ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 673 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0673)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13701b17-ab99-4271-8399-894b78535266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).