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Bill 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 HB 1001. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 55 Virginia SB 55 (2022)
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Virginia SB 55 (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 HB 1001.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0117 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22104367D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101910D (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB55ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101910D introduction
  • 2021-12-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-01-14 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
  • 2022-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB55)
  • 2022-01-18 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-20 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-20 Committee substitute printed 22104367D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-01-24 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2022-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 22104367D-S1
  • 2022-01-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB55S1
  • 2022-01-25 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB55S1)
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-03 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB55ER)
  • 2022-03-04 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
  • 2022-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2b260a3-0360-41f5-a762-ea1844e23fb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).