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| Bill | Electronic death reg. system; requiring certain applicants for licensure to complete training. | Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; licensure renewal; electronic death registration system; death certificates. Requires the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to amend their applications for licensure and licensure renewal to require doctors of medicine and osteopathic medicine, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to indicate if they expect their scope of practice to include signing death certificates and, if so, to indicate that they have completed the online tutorial for the Electronic Death Registration System on the Department of Health website. This bill is identical to SB 194. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 156 | Virginia HB 156 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 156 (2026) — Electronic death reg. system; requiring certain applicants for licensure to complete training.
Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; licensure renewal; electronic death registration system; death certificates. Requires the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to amend their applications for licensure and licensure renewal to require doctors of medicine and osteopathic medicine, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to indicate if they expect their scope of practice to include signing death certificates and, if so, to indicate that they have completed the online tutorial for the Electronic Death Registration System on the Department of Health website. This bill is identical to SB 194.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103242D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB156)
- 2026-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB156)
- 2026-01-16 Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2026-02-03 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-03 Committee substitute printed 26106252D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-06 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB156)
- 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB156ER)
passage - 2026-02-25 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-25 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB156)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd4fa464-c582-4a98-98fb-86efd7f2363f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).