Electronic death reg. system; requiring certain applicants for licensure to complete training.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to direct the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing to require certain applicants for licensure and licensure renewal to indicate whether training has been completed on the Electronic Death Registration System.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; licensure renewal; electronic death registration system; death certificates. Requires the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to amend their applications for licensure and licensure renewal to require doctors of medicine and osteopathic medicine, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to indicate if they expect their scope of practice to include signing death certificates and, if so, to indicate that they have completed the online
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 9, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 16 (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
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Angelia Williams Graves
Recorded votes
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 98, X 1
Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-19 · P · Y 21, X 1
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 39, X 1
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-02-02 · P · X 40
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-02-02 · P · X 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-01-30 · P · Y 38, X 2
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 1-N 3-A)Senate · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 11, N 1, A 3
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 16.