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type: "Bill"
title: "Breast implants; Board of Medicine, et al., to create educational materials for patients."
description: "Board of Medicine; breast implant educational materials; work group. Directs the Board of Medicine to convene a work group to create educational materials for patients considering breast implants and distribute such materials to its licensees by January 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Virginia HB 573 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba4b375f-26d6-4d61-93e1-d4c470f2d24b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB573"
source_hash: "73248760259a51c354d1184eefbb9335a7650af324c9191f5fe9c27321fb1887"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 573 (2026) — Breast implants; Board of Medicine, et al., to create educational materials for patients.
Board of Medicine; breast implant educational materials; work group. Directs the Board of Medicine to convene a work group to create educational materials for patients considering breast implants and distribute such materials to its licensees by January 1, 2027.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085006.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221569.PDF)
3. **Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128623.PDF)
4. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136617.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194155.PDF)
## Votes
- H VOTE: — **970** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
- May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103274D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB573)
- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26107255D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-16** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB573)
- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB573ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB573)
- **2026-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 627 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba4b375f-26d6-4d61-93e1-d4c470f2d24b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).