republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1001.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death certificates; State Registrar to amend certificates after receiving corrected information."
description: "Amending death certificates. Requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence. The bill also requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected demographic information on a death certificate more than 45 days after the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence. This bill is identical to SB 55. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1001"
citation: "Virginia HB 1001 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris S. Runion"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce16930-2537-46fd-b8b9-9ef437279d27"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1001"
source_hash: "f34993e825553f8d79d889f24ce5cc94e5d4fa2390aba5aa46ea0e8f78b84dcd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1001 (2022) — Death certificates; State Registrar to amend certificates after receiving corrected information.

Amending death certificates. Requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected information on a death certificate within 45 days of the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence. The bill also requires the State Registrar, upon receipt of an affidavit and supporting evidence testifying to corrected demographic information on a death certificate more than 45 days after the filing of a death certificate, to amend such death certificate to reflect the new information and evidence. This bill is identical to SB 55. 

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0116)
2. **HB1001ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1001ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103716D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1001)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22103716D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1001E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N) — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103716D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1001)
- **2022-01-21** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB1001E
- **2022-02-04** Printed as engrossed 22103716D-E
- **2022-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB1001E)
- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-02-28** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1001ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 116 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cce16930-2537-46fd-b8b9-9ef437279d27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).