Virginia House Bill 1545 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Medical malpractice; expert witness certification; court review. Provides that in an action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice, the court, upon good cause shown, may conduct an in camera review of the opinion obtained by the plaintiff of an expert witness who certified that the defendant deviated from the applicable standard of care and the deviation was the proximate cause of the injuries claimed. Such a certification is required before any action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice may be instituted, except in cases where cause of the injuries claimed lies within the jury's common knowledge and experience.

Medical malpractice; expert witness certification, court may conduct an in camera review.

Del. Sal Iaquinto [R]

2013-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)
2013-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 65 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-19	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-18	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-18	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1545ER)
2013-02-18	House	Enrolled
2013-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2013-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-11	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2013-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2013-02-01	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2013-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2013-01-31	House	Read second time and engrossed
2013-01-30	House	Read first time
2013-01-28	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2013-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2013-01-11	House	Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
2013-01-04	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101461D

SB699 (Same As) 2013-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	83.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	20.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	50.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1545
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1545+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1545ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0065+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H0802V0076+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H08V0176+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0439+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S03V0225+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0471HB1545+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0483HB1545+HB1545