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type: "Bill"
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title: "Genetic counseling; repeals conscience clause."
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description: "Genetic counseling; conscience clause. Repealsthe conscience clause for genetic counselors who forgo participatingin counseling that conflicts with their deeply held moral or religiousbeliefs, provided that they inform the patient and offer to directthe patient to the online directory of licensed genetic counselorsmaintained by the Board of Medicine. The law being repealed alsoprohibits the licensing of any genetic counselor from being contingentupon participating in such counseling."
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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: "SB 1178"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1178 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-08"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db872c10-00fd-461b-9f2c-b3b75f221047"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1178"
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source_hash: "b146bf0eeb1737164b9a0fe31b5fff209adc7caed67c7491f667862a76583f65"
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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 SB 1178 (2021) — Genetic counseling; repeals conscience clause.
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Genetic counseling; conscience clause. Repealsthe conscience clause for genetic counselors who forgo participatingin counseling that conflicts with their deeply held moral or religiousbeliefs, provided that they inform the patient and offer to directthe patient to the online directory of licensed genetic counselorsmaintained by the Board of Medicine. The law being repealed alsoprohibits the licensing of any genetic counselor from being contingentupon participating in such counseling.
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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. **CHAP0240** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0240)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101267D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1178)
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3. **SB1178ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1178ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — **54–45** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 14-N) — **24–14** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101267D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB1178)
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- **2021-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-28** Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
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- **2021-02-09** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-19** Passed House (55-Y 45-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1178ER)
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
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- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 240 (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/db872c10-00fd-461b-9f2c-b3b75f221047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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