VA HB637 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Medical malpractice actions; limitations period. Extends the two-year limitations period for personal injury actions in malpractice cases arising out of the negligent failure to diagnose an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma or to communicate such diagnosis to the patient for a period of one year from the date the existence of an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma is communicated to the patient. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
Title
Medical malpractice actions; extends limitations period.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2016-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-01 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190) | |
| 2016-03-01 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/16) | |
| 2016-02-25 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016 | |
| 2016-02-25 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/25/16 |
| 2016-02-25 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2016-02-24 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2016-02-24 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB637ER) |
| 2016-02-24 | House | Enrolled |
| 2016-02-22 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-22 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2016-02-19 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-17 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-03 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-02-03 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2016-02-02 | House | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-02 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-01 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2016-01-29 | House | Read first time |
| 2016-01-27 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-01-20 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-01-14 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law |
| 2016-01-11 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-01-11 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100548D |
