---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans; provision of copies of vital records."
description: "Department of Veterans Services; provision of copies of veteran vital records. Requires the Board of Health to provide a copy of a veteran's vital records to the Department of Veterans Services upon the Department's request when a veteran or his surviving spouse requires a certified copy of a vital record to obtain service-connected benefits. This bill incorporates HB 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2748"
citation: "Virginia HB 2748 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy J. Laufer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfbade3c-93e3-4d1c-8b6e-6451dbeab503"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2748"
source_hash: "a1092867e2cbc0674d13c514a3885e36adfeec83caaacaa2f363fcd1bd47123b"
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 2748 (2025) — Veterans; provision of copies of vital records.

Department of Veterans Services; provision of copies of veteran vital records. Requires the Board of Health to provide a copy of a veteran's vital records to the Department of Veterans Services upon the Department's request when a veteran or his surviving spouse requires a certified copy of a vital record to obtain service-connected benefits. This bill incorporates HB 2016.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022528.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072482.PDF)
3. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032787.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057103.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy J. Laufer — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25105318D `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2748)
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Incorporates HB2016(Obenshain)
- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106342D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2748)
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2748ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2748)
- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 315 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfbade3c-93e3-4d1c-8b6e-6451dbeab503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).