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type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions; health care bills and records."
description: "Civil actions; health care bills and records. Defines the term \"bill\" for the purposes of evidence of medical services provided in certain civil actions as any statement of charges, an invoice, or any other form prepared by a health care provider or its agent, or third-party agent, identifying the costs of health care services provided. The bill also clarifies the procedures for introducing evidence of medical reports, statements, or records of a health care provider by affidavit in general district court. This bill is identical to SB 633."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1145"
citation: "Virginia HB 1145 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66f4752e-fca7-4ec1-94c3-ae7bf1d1223d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1145"
source_hash: "d0adf122889e21beeb684d0163648aec5c9c8981cb975a7061033cd05f139c2a"
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 1145 (2022) — Civil actions; health care bills and records.
Civil actions; health care bills and records. Defines the term "bill" for the purposes of evidence of medical services provided in certain civil actions as any statement of charges, an invoice, or any other form prepared by a health care provider or its agent, or third-party agent, identifying the costs of health care services provided. The bill also clarifies the procedures for introducing evidence of medical reports, statements, or records of a health care provider by affidavit in general district court. This bill is identical to SB 633.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0469** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0469)
2. **HB1145ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1145ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103334D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1145)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22103334D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1145E)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 22103334D `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB1145E
- **2022-02-10** Printed as engrossed 22103334D-E
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 469 (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/66f4752e-fca7-4ec1-94c3-ae7bf1d1223d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).