republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2731.md

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Bill	Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients.	Requires every laboratory reporting the results of a test for Lyme disease ordered by a health care provider in an office-based setting to include, together with the results of such test provided to the health care provider, a notice stating that the results of Lyme disease tests may vary and may produce results that are inaccurate and that a patient may not be able to rely on a positive or negative result from such test. Such notice shall also include a statement that health care providers are encouraged to discuss Lyme disease test results with the patient for whom the test was ordered. The bill also provides that a laboratory that complies with the provisions of the bill shall be immune from civil liability absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2731	Virginia HB 2731 (2019)	bill	Health	enacted	James E. Edmunds, II	5	20	7	2019-01-16	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/a9f2a2f4-1921-432a-aabf-bc5f8806d3b1	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2731	2fc84ffd46ad1adb7418b1d713ceb95e63e9220715e2cff01c9e4f67981e4e44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2731 (2019) — Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients.

Requires every laboratory reporting the results of a test for Lyme disease ordered by a health care provider in an office-based setting to include, together with the results of such test provided to the health care provider, a notice stating that the results of Lyme disease tests may vary and may produce results that are inaccurate and that a patient may not be able to rely on a positive or negative result from such test. Such notice shall also include a statement that health care providers are encouraged to discuss Lyme disease test results with the patient for whom the test was ordered. The bill also provides that a laboratory that complies with the provisions of the bill shall be immune from civil liability absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2731ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105570D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19103490D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 19103490D introduction
• 2019-01-16 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2019-01-21 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 19105570D-H1
• 2019-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2731H1
• 2019-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-02-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2019-02-08 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled
• 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-21 Signed by President
• 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
• 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9f2a2f4-1921-432a-aabf-bc5f8806d3b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).