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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Physician assistant; capacity determinations.	Capacity determinations; physician assistant. Expands the class of health care practitioners who can make the determination that a patient is incapable of making informed decisions to include a licensed physician assistant. The bill provides that such determination shall be made in writing following an in-person examination of the person and certified by the physician assistant. This bill is identical to SB 544.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 362	Virginia HB 362 (2020)	bill		enacted	Sam Rasoul	4	28	6	2020-01-02	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5a721b8f-6e43-42c6-b4f5-6078591878db	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB362	ba36a9eed37e046efafce2d78c509ca8432c8676eb1aae3ca9e4a4d5a903bdad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 362 (2020) — Physician assistant; capacity determinations.

Capacity determinations; physician assistant. Expands the class of health care practitioners who can make the determination that a patient is incapable of making informed decisions to include a licensed physician assistant. The bill provides that such determination shall be made in writing following an in-person examination of the person and certified by the physician assistant. This bill is identical to SB 544.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB362ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB362E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB362) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103709D introduction
• 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB362)
• 2020-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-01-31 Engrossed by House as amended HB362E
• 2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20103709D-E
• 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB362E)
• 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB362ER)
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a721b8f-6e43-42c6-b4f5-6078591878db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).