• Introduced
    Dec 17, 2025
  • Passed Senate
  • Passed House
  • Became Law
SB 71
Virginia Senate Bill
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Health Care Decisions Act; patients incapable of making informed decisions, absence of next of kin.
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Senate • Jan 27, 2026: Rereferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Feb 09, 2026 08:00am
Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building - Registration for virtual testimony begins 1/2 hour before the scheduled start of the meeting and can be accessed by visiting: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/CommitteeMeetings.php To view this meeting visit our YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/@senateofvirginia

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  • Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
    • Passed by temporarily
    • Rereferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • Jan 26, 2026 | Senate
    • Read second time
    • Education and Health Amendment agreed to
    • Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • Jan 23, 2026 | Senate
    • Rules suspended
    • Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
    • Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
    • Senate committee offered
    • Reported from Education and Health with amendment (11-Y 2-N 1-A)
  • Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
    • Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB71)
  • Jan 20, 2026 | Senate
    • Assigned Education sub: Health
    • Senate subcommittee offered
  • Dec 17, 2025 | Senate
    • Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101398D
    • Referred to Committee on Education and Health