Virginia House Bill 687 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Doulas; certification; registry. Provides that no person shall use or assume the title "state-certified doula," as defined in the bill, unless such person is a community-based doula who has received training and education as a doula from an entity approved by a body approved by the Board of Health for such purpose and been certified as a doula by a body approved by the Board of Health for such purpose and that no entity shall hold itself out as providing training and education necessary to meet the requirements for certification as a doula unless its curriculum and training program has been approved by a body approved by the Board of Health for such purpose. The bill also directs the Board of Health to adopt regulations setting forth the requirements for (i) use of the title "state-certified doula" and (ii) training and education necessary to satisfy the requirements for certification by the Department of Health as a state-certified doula.

State-certified doulas; certification, registry.

Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]
Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]
Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]

2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) (Y: 97 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 724 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB687ER)
2020-03-05	House	Enrolled
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-20	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2020-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06	House	VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
2020-02-05	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB687H1
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106550D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Read second time
2020-02-04	House	Read first time
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-30	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
2020-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 20106550D-H1
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-17	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102733D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	77.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB687
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB687+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB687H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB687ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0724+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1201V0025+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0078+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0062+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0480+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0284+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0474+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1203HB0687+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1261HB0687+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1295HB0687+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1296HB0687+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1297HB0687+HB0687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1298HB0687+HB0687