republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-892.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Medical malpractice; certification of expert witness, written opinion.	Medical malpractice; certification of expert witness; written opinion. Provides that at the time of service of process of every complaint, counter claim, third party claim, or warrant in debt in a medical malpractice action or every complaint, counter claim, or third party claim in an action for wrongful death against a health care provider, the plaintiff shall be deemed to have obtained a written opinion signed by an expert witness stating that the defendant in the action deviated from the applicable standard of care and the deviation was a proximate cause of the injuries claimed. The bill provides that a plaintiff may have separate certifications for standard of care and causation. The bill also requires a plaintiff to certify to the defendant upon whom service of process has been requested to certify within 21 days of the defendant's answer being filed that such plaintiff obtained the necessary expert opinion at the time service was requested or affirming that such plaintiff did not need to obtain a certifying expert witness opinion in accordance with relevant law.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 892	Virginia SB 892 (2025)	bill		enacted	Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.	4	30	6	2025-01-04	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/b24afd41-ed67-4b14-8edc-af0dbd24bdcf	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB892	5ccd9319da56fc14a3a02e7c0cadf579db9be04d5ec828df29c527cdf4422f4d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 892 (2025) — Medical malpractice; certification of expert witness, written opinion.

Medical malpractice; certification of expert witness; written opinion. Provides that at the time of service of process of every complaint, counter claim, third party claim, or warrant in debt in a medical malpractice action or every complaint, counter claim, or third party claim in an action for wrongful death against a health care provider, the plaintiff shall be deemed to have obtained a written opinion signed by an expert witness stating that the defendant in the action deviated from the applicable standard of care and the deviation was a proximate cause of the injuries claimed. The bill provides that a plaintiff may have separate certifications for standard of care and causation. The bill also requires a plaintiff to certify to the defendant upon whom service of process has been requested to certify within 21 days of the defendant's answer being filed that such plaintiff obtained the necessary expert opinion at the time service was requested or affirming that such plaintiff did not need to obtain a certifying expert witness opinion in accordance with relevant law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (91-Y 4-N) — 91–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
• R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102120D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-15 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-15 Committee substitute printed 25105058D-S1 substitution
• 2025-01-17 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-17 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-01-20 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-07 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Passed House (91-Y 4-N) passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB892ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 359 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b24afd41-ed67-4b14-8edc-af0dbd24bdcf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).