Lawmakers introduce medical aid in dying bills HB886 and SB359. HB886 is referred to the House Committee on Courts of Justice, and SB359 is referred to the Senate Committee on Education and Health.

SB359 receives a public hearing in the Senate Education and Health – Health Subcommittee and advances on a 3–2 vote. The bill then receives a hearing in the full Senate Education and Health Committee but fails to report out on a 7–8 vote.

HB886 receives a hearing in the House Committee on Courts of Justice and is tabled until 2027.

The session ends and the bills do not advance.

In January, the Virginia legislature introduced SB280/HB858.

HB858 is referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice. In February, HB858 received a public hearing in the House Health and Human Services Committee-Health Subcommittee. The bill passes with a 5-3 in favor vote.

SB280 is referred to the Committee on Education and Health. SB280 has multiple public hearings and continues to move forward through the Senate, eventually crossing over to the House of Delegates with a 21-19 in favor vote. This is the furthest a Virginia Death with Dignity bill has ever gotten to passage. The House committee votes to carry the bill over to 2025. 

On January 6, 2023, SB930 is introduced and has been sent to the Committee on Health and Education. The bill fails to be voted out of the Senate Health and Education Committee.

SB668 is referred from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Senate Education and Health Committee, where it receives a public hearing. A tie vote stalls the bill and it does not pass.

The Virginia Medical Aid in Dying Act (HB1649), is heard in the House of Delegates Committee for the Courts of Justice. The bill is “continued to 2021” by a voice vote in February, then left at the Courts of Justice on December 4. The bill sits on a list of “failed legislation” with the House Courts of Justice in the 2021 session.

Virginia State Delegate Kaye Kory (D-38) introduces the Virginia Death with Dignity Act (HB2713). The bill does not advance. 

The Virginia Joint Commission on Healthcare publishes, “Medical Aid in Dying: A Final Report.” Following a period of public comment, the Commission votes 10 to 6 to take no further action.