SB 194 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Electronic death reg. system; requiring certain applicants for licensure to complete training.

Summary
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 tutorial for the Electronic Death Registration System on the Department of Health website. This bill is identical to HB 156.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Jan 9, 2026 Signed Mar 31, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was finalized and assigned Chapter 16 of the 2026 Virginia Acts. The primary substantive change is a correction to the name of the system from 'Electronic Death Registry' to 'Electronic Death Registration' in the text requiring medical and nursing professionals to complete an online tutorial.
TECHNICAL

Corrected the system name from 'Electronic Death Registry' to 'Electronic Death Registration' in the requirements for medical and nursing license applications.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2026

How they voted

370
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Jan 30, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
17 Yea 2
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
12
Committee
8
Mar 31, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB194ER)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 1-N 3-A)
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee offered
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee offered
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Angelia Graves
Angelia Graves
DDemocratic
VA
21