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type: "Bill"
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title: "Death certificates; State Registrar to amend certificates after receiving corrected information."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 55"
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citation: "Virginia SB 55 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John A. Cosgrove, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-12-31"
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last_action: "2022-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b260a3-0360-41f5-a762-ea1844e23fb4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB55"
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source_hash: "e6913ca815f7c3a5d168bfad871977515fb3fb1b3049fc7f7455a9c3f56e825e"
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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 SB 55 (2022) — Death certificates; State Registrar to amend certificates after receiving corrected information.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0117)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22104367D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB55S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101910D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB55)
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4. **SB55ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB55ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101910D `introduction`
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- **2021-12-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-14** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB55)
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- **2022-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-20** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-20** Committee substitute printed 22104367D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-24** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 22104367D-S1
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- **2022-01-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB55S1
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- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB55S1)
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB55ER)
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- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/22) `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/a2b260a3-0360-41f5-a762-ea1844e23fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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