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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1737"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1737 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-10-27"
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last_action: "2021-02-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae1d0c25-43ac-4d9d-ab12-07d68426895e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1737"
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source_hash: "685808fedf0dbf5a9ef997aceeeae9521b96648b7acc6ef6312c64e2ab662f87"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1737 (2021) — Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0001)
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2. **HB1737ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1737ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100242D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1737)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 21100242D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1737E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N) — **75–22** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
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- Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
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- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
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- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
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- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-10-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100242D `introduction`
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- **2020-10-27** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1737)
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- **2021-01-13** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-26** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2021-01-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-28** Amendments by Delegate Adams, D.M. agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB1737E
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- **2021-01-28** Printed as engrossed 21100242D-E
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- **2021-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1737E)
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- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 22-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-29** VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-11** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-15** Passed by temporarily
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- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1737ER)
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- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
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- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
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- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae1d0c25-43ac-4d9d-ab12-07d68426895e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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