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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certified nurse midwives; licensed certified midwives; independent practice; organized medical staff."
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description: "Certified nurse midwives; licensed certified midwives; independent practice; organized medical staff. Permits licensed certified midwives who have completed 1,000 hours of practice under a practice agreement to practice without a practice agreement upon receipt of an attestation from the licensed physician or midwife with whom they entered into a practice agreement. The bill also permits certified nurse midwives and licensed certified midwives to enter into practice agreements with certified nurse midwives or licensed certified midwives who are authorized to practice independently. The bill directs the Department of Health to amend its regulations to clarify that an organized medical staff may include other practitioners, including independent practice midwives, in addition to physicians and dentists. This bill is identical to SB 1352."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1635"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1635 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-03"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/241f6830-b8b9-4982-9d62-801c4d1ad576"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1635"
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source_hash: "c7daef650ec76e2677baeb47fb9ddaf109008c83c0acdb7840c9324fa2e9e40e"
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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 1635 (2025) — Certified nurse midwives; licensed certified midwives; independent practice; organized medical staff.
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Certified nurse midwives; licensed certified midwives; independent practice; organized medical staff. Permits licensed certified midwives who have completed 1,000 hours of practice under a practice agreement to practice without a practice agreement upon receipt of an attestation from the licensed physician or midwife with whom they entered into a practice agreement. The bill also permits certified nurse midwives and licensed certified midwives to enter into practice agreements with certified nurse midwives or licensed certified midwives who are authorized to practice independently. The bill directs the Department of Health to amend its regulations to clarify that an organized medical staff may include other practitioners, including independent practice midwives, in addition to physicians and dentists. This bill is identical to SB 1352.
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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/1012421.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077680.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060924.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101235D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101235D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1635ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1635)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 544 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0544)
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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/241f6830-b8b9-4982-9d62-801c4d1ad576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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