republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1953.md

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Bill	Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc.	Licensed certified midwives; licensure; practice. Defines "practice of licensed certified midwifery," directs the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to establish criteria for the licensure and renewal of a license as a certified midwife, and requires licensed certified midwives to practice in consultation with a licensed physician in accordance with a practice agreement. The bill also directs the Department of Health Professions to convene a workgroup to study the licensure and regulation of certified nurse midwives, certified midwives, and certified professional midwives to determine the appropriate licensing entity for such professionals. The Department shall report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1953	Virginia HB 1953 (2021)	bill		enacted	Wendy W. Gooditis	5	42	10	2021-01-11	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/c67e6e00-3b4e-4b96-a6a6-572301075e5f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1953	76880ef86e2b3d51dfede89b496544477e8ed3d77ca53352dc91a8231ac179b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1953 (2021) — Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc.

Licensed certified midwives; licensure; practice. Defines "practice of licensed certified midwifery," directs the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to establish criteria for the licensure and renewal of a license as a certified midwife, and requires licensed certified midwives to practice in consultation with a licensed physician in accordance with a practice agreement. The bill also directs the Department of Health Professions to convene a workgroup to study the licensure and regulation of certified nurse midwives, certified midwives, and certified professional midwives to determine the appropriate licensing entity for such professionals. The Department shall report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0200 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21104461D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1953ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102337D (committee substitute) — source
5. Printed as engrossed 21102337D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102337D introduction
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1953)
• 2021-01-14 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-14 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-15 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-27 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB1953E
• 2021-01-29 Printed as engrossed 21102337D-E
• 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1953E)
• 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-02 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 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-11 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Committee substitute printed 21104461D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-11 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1953S1)
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 21104461D-S1
• 2021-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1953S1
• 2021-02-17 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-18 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21104461D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-18 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-22 Enrolled
• 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1953ER)
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
• 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 200 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c67e6e00-3b4e-4b96-a6a6-572301075e5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).