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Bill Advance directives; persons authorized to provide assistance in completing, training programs. Defines "qualified advance directive facilitator" as a person who has successfully completed a training program approved by the Department of Health for providing assistance in completing and executing a written advance directive; establishes requirements for training programs for qualified advance directive facilitators; and provides that distribution of a form for an advance directive that meets the requirements of § 54.1-2984 and the provision of ministerial assistance to a person with regard to the completion or execution of such form shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1747 Virginia HB 1747 (2017)
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Virginia HB 1747 (2017) — Advance directives; persons authorized to provide assistance in completing, training programs.

Defines "qualified advance directive facilitator" as a person who has successfully completed a training program approved by the Department of Health for providing assistance in completing and executing a written advance directive; establishes requirements for training programs for qualified advance directive facilitators; and provides that distribution of a form for an advance directive that meets the requirements of § 54.1-2984 and the provision of ministerial assistance to a person with regard to the completion or execution of such form shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1747ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104443D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101056D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate insisted on amendment — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Education and Health with amendment — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate with amendment — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate amendment rejected by House — 296 (fail) · legislature
  • Conference report agreed to by House — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • John M. O'Bannon, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101056D introduction
  • 2017-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2017-01-12 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2017-01-25 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-26 Committee substitute agreed to 17104443D-H1
  • 2017-01-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1747H1
  • 2017-01-27 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-13 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2017-02-13 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-13 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2017-02-15 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-15 Senate amendment rejected by House (2-Y 96-N)
  • 2017-02-17 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2017-02-20 House acceded to request
  • 2017-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2017-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2017-02-23 Amended by conference committee
  • 2017-02-23 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2017-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
  • 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 747 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b94aeff-bcc0-44ac-9d5c-fb3595651c8a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).