republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2276.md

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Bill	Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information.	Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2276	Virginia HB 2276 (2017)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Courts of Record Health Records Retention	enacted	Tony O. Wilt	5	22	7	2017-01-11	2017-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/4928b9c8-f27c-46a2-9a7f-c5f6e59f6ac9	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2276	00c19b91514414ad203510d1d0f2314d14458ef8be6bc74aa9b38e94d142702b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2276 (2017) — Death certificate; amendments other than correction of information.

Establishes a process for amending death certificates to change the name of the deceased, the deceased's parent or spouse, or the informant; the marital status of the deceased; or the place of residence of the deceased when the place of residence is outside the Commonwealth. 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 (CHAP0284) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2276ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104698D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Presented and ordered printed 17101100D (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105312D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105312D-S1 — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 17101100D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 17104698D-H1
• 2017-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2276H1
• 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 on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 17105312D-S1
• 2017-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2276S1
• 2017-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-15 Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105312D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled
• 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-20 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 284 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4928b9c8-f27c-46a2-9a7f-c5f6e59f6ac9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).