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type: "Bill"
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title: "Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients."
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description: "Requires every laboratory reporting the results of a test for Lyme disease ordered by a health care provider in an office-based setting to include, together with the results of such test provided to the health care provider, a notice stating that the results of Lyme disease tests may vary and may produce results that are inaccurate and that a patient may not be able to rely on a positive or negative result from such test. Such notice shall also include a statement that health care providers are encouraged to discuss Lyme disease test results with the patient for whom the test was ordered. The bill also provides that a laboratory that complies with the provisions of the bill shall be immune from civil liability absent gross negligence or willful misconduct."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2731"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2731 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James E. Edmunds, II"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-16"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9f2a2f4-1921-432a-aabf-bc5f8806d3b1"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2731"
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source_hash: "2fc84ffd46ad1adb7418b1d713ceb95e63e9220715e2cff01c9e4f67981e4e44"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2731 (2019) — Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients.
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Requires every laboratory reporting the results of a test for Lyme disease ordered by a health care provider in an office-based setting to include, together with the results of such test provided to the health care provider, a notice stating that the results of Lyme disease tests may vary and may produce results that are inaccurate and that a patient may not be able to rely on a positive or negative result from such test. Such notice shall also include a statement that health care providers are encouraged to discuss Lyme disease test results with the patient for whom the test was ordered. The bill also provides that a laboratory that complies with the provisions of the bill shall be immune from civil liability absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0435)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2731)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2731ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2731ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105570D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2731H1)
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5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103490D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2731)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 19103490D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19105570D-H1
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2731H1
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-08** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9f2a2f4-1921-432a-aabf-bc5f8806d3b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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