State Government / Virginia / Legislation / HB 548
Uniform Health Care Decisions Act; civil penalty. Repeals most provisions of the Health Care Decisions Act and enacts the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act. The bill creates a process for the execution of advance health care directives, as defined in the bill; establishes criteria for determining the capacity of an individual to make health care decisions; provides for the establishment of a default surrogate in the absence of an appointed agent for health care decisions; establishes powers and duties of agents appointed by powers of attorney for health care; and establishes duties of health care professionals.
Latest development · Jul 21, 2026
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Continued from last session
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/11/2026 2:17 pm)
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Senate committee offered
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Senate committee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB548)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26106652D-H1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/12/2026 9:47 am)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB548)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/13/2026 1:31 pm)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104963D
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