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Bill

State-certified doulas; certification, registry.

Doulas; certification; registry. Provides that no person shall use or assume the title "state-certified doula," as defined in the bill, unless such person is a community-based doula who has received training and education as a doula from an entity approved by a body approved by the Board of Health for such purpose and been certified as a doula by a body approved by the Board of Health for such purpose and that no entity shall hold itself out as providing training and education necessary to meet the requirements for certification as a doula unless its curriculum and training program has been approved by a body approved by the Board of Health for such purpose. The bill also directs the Board of Health to adopt regulations setting forth the requirements for (i) use of the title "state-certified doula" and (ii) training and education necessary to satisfy the requirements for certification by the Department of Health as a state-certified doula.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 687

Virginia HB 687 (2020)

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enacted

Lashrecse D. Aird

2020-01-06

2020-04-06

openstates

ocd-bill/8a71dce9-8e60-4053-8090-91f5a96d0f5f

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB687

68623ffa13a6372883602cfdc89587bf761a8fa8f48a9a22e27f9d63100ae6ef

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

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us-va

Virginia HB 687 (2020) — State-certified doulas; certification, registry.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB687ER) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB687) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB687H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — 96–2 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102733D introduction
2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
2020-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Health referral-committee
2020-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB687)
2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20106550D-H1 substitution
2020-01-30 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB687H1)
2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20106550D-H1
2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB687H1
2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
2020-02-12 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-20 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
2020-03-05 Enrolled
2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB687ER)
2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-06 Signed by President
2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 724 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a71dce9-8e60-4053-8090-91f5a96d0f5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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