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Bill Nurse practitioner as expert witness; scope of activities. References the specific Code section outlining the scope of a nurse practitioner's activities in the context of the current provision that authorizes a nurse practitioner to testify as an expert witness within the scope of his activities. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1609 Virginia HB 1609 (2017)
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Virginia HB 1609 (2017) — Nurse practitioner as expert witness; scope of activities.

References the specific Code section outlining the scope of a nurse practitioner's activities in the context of the current provision that authorizes a nurse practitioner to testify as an expert witness within the scope of his activities.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0413) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1609ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101624D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 950 (pass) · legislature
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101624D introduction
  • 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
  • 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-23 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-24 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
  • 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 413 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/807b3c4b-271b-4920-a574-71e5a762c306. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).