On January 9, 2024, Del. Patrick Hope filed HB858, and on January 10, Sen. Ghazala Hashmi filed SB280, mirror bills that, if passed, would authorize medical aid for dying in Virginia. Both bills moved successfully through their initial committees. On February 13, 2024, HB858 failed to pass in the House. On February 9, SB 280 was voted to pass (21 -19) by the VA Senate. This bill then went to the House committees to follow the passage process after “crossover day” on February 13. On March 4, SB280 was heard in the House Committee on Courts of Justice, which decided, via voice vote, to carry the bill over to the next year. This is a polite way of ending the movement of the bill and we will work with our bill sponsors to refile the bill in January of 2025.
Bills to authorize medical aid in dying in Virginia have officially been filed! Please take two minutes right now and let your lawmakers know that supporting the End of Life Options Act is a top priority for you.
Virginia residents were recently polled about their support for this compassionate option. Regardless of their political affiliation, religion, age, race and other factors, seven out of 10 Virginians voiced their support. Learn more.
House Health and Human Service Committee Also Reports Bill A terminally ill woman who wants the option of medical aid in dying thanked the full Virginia Senate and House Health and Human Services Committee for approving the End of Life Options Act Friday for the first time. The Senate voted 21-19 to pass the bill and the House Health and…
A terminally ill woman who wants the option of medical aid in dying and a woman whose dad died with needless suffering without this gentle dying option thanked the Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee for advancing the End of Life Options Act Thursday for the first time by an 8 to 6 vote with one abstention. The…
A Falls Church woman with terminal pancreatic cancer expressed deep disappointment that the Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee voted today 9-5 to uphold the Senate Subcommittee on Health Professions’ 5-4 vote last Friday to reject medical aid-in-dying legislation. Since the vote means the bill cannot pass in 2023 and she only has a prognosis of 2-5 months to live,…
A Falls Church woman with terminal pancreatic cancer said during a Zoom news conference today to urge Virginia lawmakers to pass medical aid-in-dying legislation that if they failed to pass it, she would have to move to Washington, D.C. to use its medical aid-in-dying law. Similar to medical aid-in-dying laws in Washington, D.C. and 10 states, the…
(4 de febrero del 2022 – Richmond, VA) En un empate de votos, el Comité de Educación y Salud del Senado de Virginia, presentó el jueves una medida que permitiría a los adultos con enfermedades terminales que se encuentran en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales y que tienen un pronóstico de vida de seis…
In a tie vote, the Virginia Senate Committee on Education and Health today failed to advance a bill that would give mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live the legal right to obtain a doctor’s prescription for medication they may decide to take to peacefully end unbearable suffering. After hearing…
El Comité de Educación y Salud del Senado llevará a cabo el viernes y por primera vez en la historia, una audiencia sobre la medida de Muerte con Dignidad. Dos días antes de la audiencia, los autores de la propuesta de ley, así como un residente de Virginia que padece un cáncer incurable, y Compassion…
Two days before the first hearing ever on Virginia’s Death with Dignity Act Friday by the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the bill authors, a Virginian with incurable cancer and the end-of-life care advocacy group Compassion & Choices held a Zoom news conference to urge the Legislature to pass the bill. (Journalists can obtain…
One day before the first hearing ever on Virginia’s Death with Dignity Act Thursday by the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the bill authors, a Virginian with incurable cancer and the end-of-life care advocacy group Compassion & Choices held a Zoom news conference to urge the Legislature to pass the bill. (Journalists can obtain…
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