Death certificates; petitions to the court to amend, service upon State Registrar of Vital Records.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 32.1-269.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to amending death certificates; petitions to the court to amend; Electronic Death Registration System; service upon State Registrar of Vital Records.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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.
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 215 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Chris S. RunionEllen H. McLaughlin
Recorded votes
Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-06 · P · Y 97, X 2
Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 15
Rereferred from Education and Health and rereferred to Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-19 · P · Y 13, X 2
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 98, X 2
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 96, X 4
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 215.