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type: "Bill"
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title: "Death certificates; petitions to the court to amend, service upon State Registrar of Vital Records."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 756"
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citation: "Virginia HB 756 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris S. Runion"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0d35fb-23c7-46c8-bdef-9a8ab923b310"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB756"
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source_hash: "a10fecc1adab97b92c01ed30d51275318d7d50b930a1d5d828cab112d22659fe"
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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 756 (2026) — Death certificates; petitions to the court to amend, service upon State Registrar of Vital Records.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085771.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216848.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190919.HTML)
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4. **Health Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108719.PDF)
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5. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128582.PDF)
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6. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194497.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203525.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Rereferred from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
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- Ellen H. McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102960D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756)
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26105529D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756)
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- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Rereferred from Education and Health to Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB756ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB756)
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- **2026-03-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)
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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/da0d35fb-23c7-46c8-bdef-9a8ab923b310`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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