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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.
- CHAP0184 (committee substitute) — source
- HB286ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103683D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22103683D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (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).