Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement.
Summary
Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement. Reduces from five to two the number of years of full-time clinical experience a nurse practitioner must have to be eligible to practice without a written or electronic practice agreement. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Feb 2021
Introduced Oct 27, 2020
Signed Feb 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 15, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Feb 25, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (76-Y 22-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1737E
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendments by Delegate Adams, D.M. agreed to
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
lower
Oct 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Oct 27, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100242D
lower
1 primary · 29 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Amanda Batten
RRepublican
Co
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Carrie Coyner
RRepublican
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Creigh Deeds
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
Co
David Bulova
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about HB 1737
Scope: VA
Hi! I can help you understand HB 1737. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline