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VA SB 71

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Health Care Decisions Act; patients incapable of making informed decisions, absence of next of kin.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Health Care Decisions Act; patients incapable of making informed decisions; absence of next of kin. Authorizes, for purposes of the Health Care Decisions Act, the patient care consulting committee to make health care decisions for a patient incapable of making informed decisions when no next of kin is reasonably available.

Introduced
2025-12-17
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-09 — Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Barbara A. Favolaprimary
  • Kannan Srinivasancosponsor
  • Saddam Azlan Salimcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-17

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101398D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-12-17

    Referred to Committee on Education and Health

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-20

    Assigned Education sub: Health

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-20

    Senate subcommittee offered

  5. 2026-01-21

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB71)

  6. 2026-01-22

    Senate committee offered

  7. 2026-01-22

    Reported from Education and Health with amendment (11-Y 2-N 1-A)

    committee-passage

  8. 2026-01-23

    Rules suspended

  9. 2026-01-23

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  10. 2026-01-23

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  11. 2026-01-23

    Passed by for the day

  12. 2026-01-26

    Read second time

    reading-2

  13. 2026-01-26

    Education and Health Amendment agreed to

    amendment-passage

  14. 2026-01-26

    Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)

  15. 2026-01-27

    Passed by temporarily

  16. 2026-01-27

    Rereferred to Committee for Courts of Justice

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-02-09

    Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health with amendment

    2026-01-22 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: no
    • Mark J. Peake: no
    • Todd E. Pillion: abstain
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: not voting
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed R

    2026-01-23 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Luther Cifers, III: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: yes
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Timmy French: yes
    • T. Travis Hackworth: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: not voting
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes

  • Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice

    2026-02-09 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: not voting
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB71

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