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Bill Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement. Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement. Reduces from five to two the number of years of full-time clinical experience a nurse practitioner must have to be eligible to practice without a written or electronic practice agreement. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2022. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 1737 Virginia HB 1737 (2021)
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Virginia HB 1737 (2021) — Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement.

Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement. Reduces from five to two the number of years of full-time clinical experience a nurse practitioner must have to be eligible to practice without a written or electronic practice agreement. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0001 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1737ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100242D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Printed as engrossed 21100242D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) — 1210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N) — 7522 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
  • Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
  • Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
  • Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
  • Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
  • David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
  • David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
  • Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
  • G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
  • Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
  • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
  • Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
  • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
  • Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
  • Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
  • William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-10-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100242D introduction
  • 2020-10-27 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2021-01-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1737)
  • 2021-01-13 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2021-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-26 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-27 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-01-28 Amendments by Delegate Adams, D.M. agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2021-01-28 Engrossed by House as amended HB1737E
  • 2021-01-28 Printed as engrossed 21100242D-E
  • 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB1737E)
  • 2021-01-29 Read third time and passed House (76-Y 22-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-29 VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N)
  • 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-02-01 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-11 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-15 Passed by temporarily
  • 2021-02-15 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-17 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1737ER)
  • 2021-02-17 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-18 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
  • 2021-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
  • 2021-02-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae1d0c25-43ac-4d9d-ab12-07d68426895e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).