republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-756.md

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Bill	Death certificates; petitions to the court to amend, service upon State Registrar of Vital Records.	Amending death certificates; petitions to the court to amend; Electronic Death Registration System; service upon State Registrar of Vital Records. Requires funeral service licensees requesting an order to amend a death certificate through the Electronic Death Registration System to upload the required petition to the Electronic Death Registration System instead of serving such petition upon the State Registrar of Vital Records.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 756	Virginia HB 756 (2026)	bill		enacted	Chris S. Runion	7	38	9	2026-01-13	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/da0d35fb-23c7-46c8-bdef-9a8ab923b310	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB756	a10fecc1adab97b92c01ed30d51275318d7d50b930a1d5d828cab112d22659fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 756 (2026) — Death certificates; petitions to the court to amend, service upon State Registrar of Vital Records.

Amending death certificates; petitions to the court to amend; Electronic Death Registration System; service upon State Registrar of Vital Records. Requires funeral service licensees requesting an order to amend a death certificate through the Electronic Death Registration System to upload the required petition to the Electronic Death Registration System instead of serving such petition upon the State Registrar of Vital Records.

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 Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Education and Health — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
• Ellen H. McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102960D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756)
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26105529D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756)
• 2026-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-02-11 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Rereferred from Education and Health to Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Senate committee offered
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB756ER) passage
• 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756)
• 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da0d35fb-23c7-46c8-bdef-9a8ab923b310. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).