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Bill Nurse practitioners; authorized to declare death and determine cause of death. Nurse practitioners; declaration of death andcause of death. Authorizes autonomous nurse practitioners, definedin the bill, to declare death and determine cause of death; allowsnurse practitioners who are not autonomous nurse practitioners topronounce the death of a patient in certain circumstances; and eliminatesthe requirement for a valid Do Not Resuscitate Order for the deceasedpatient for declaration of death by a registered nurse, physicianassistant, or nurse practitioner who is not an autonomous nurse practitioner. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 286 Virginia HB 286 (2022)
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Virginia HB 286 (2022) — Nurse practitioners; authorized to declare death and determine cause of death.

Nurse practitioners; declaration of death andcause of death. Authorizes autonomous nurse practitioners, definedin the bill, to declare death and determine cause of death; allowsnurse practitioners who are not autonomous nurse practitioners topronounce the death of a patient in certain circumstances; and eliminatesthe requirement for a valid Do Not Resuscitate Order for the deceasedpatient for declaration of death by a registered nurse, physicianassistant, or nurse practitioner who is not an autonomous nurse practitioner.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0184 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB286ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103683D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Printed as engrossed 22103683D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103683D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2022-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB286)
  • 2022-01-18 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-27 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-01 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2022-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB286E
  • 2022-02-01 Printed as engrossed 22103683D-E
  • 2022-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB286E)
  • 2022-02-02 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-02-16 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health (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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-02 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB286ER)
  • 2022-03-03 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
  • 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e23494e-3fa8-4a45-85a6-32cbe816392e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).