# Virginia SB280: Health care; decision-making, definitions, medical aid in dying, penalties. Virginia SB280, Health care; decision-making, definitions, medical aid in dying, penalties., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic); status failed, last action 2024-11-18 (Left in Courts of Justice) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB280-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB280 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Health care; decision-making, definitions, medical aid in dying, penalties. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-01-09 - Last action: 2024-11-18, Left in Courts of Justice - Sponsor: Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Courts of Justice - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (87 yes, 36 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Health care; decision-making; end of life; penalties. Allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal disease to request and an attending health care provider to prescribe a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's life. The bill requires that a patient's request for a self-administered controlled substance to end his life must be given orally on two occasions and in writing, signed by the patient and one witness, and that the patient be given an express opportunity to rescind his request at any time. The bill makes it a Class 2 felony (i) to willfully and deliberately alter, forge, conceal, or destroy a patient's request, or rescission of request, for a self-administered controlled substance to end his life with the intent and effect of causing the patient's death; (ii) to coerce, intimidate, or exert undue influence on a patient to request a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending his life or to destroy the patient's rescission of such request with the intent and effect of causing the patient's death; or (iii) to coerce, intimidate, or exert undue influence on a patient to forgo a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's life. The bill also grants immunity from civil or criminal liability and professional disciplinary action to any person who complies with the provisions of the bill and allows health care providers to refuse to participate in the provision of a self-administered controlled substance to a patient for the purpose of ending the patient's life. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2024-03-04 | House | Continued to 2025 with substitute in Courts of Justice | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2024-02-23 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2024-02-23 | House | Referred from Rules (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2024-02-09 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 21 | 19 | | | 2024-02-07 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2024-02-06 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 10 | 5 | | | 2024-01-25 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 8 | 6 | 1 | | 2024-01-25 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute | pass | 8 | 6 | 1 | ## Actions (28) - 2024-11-18: Left in Courts of Justice (House) - 2024-03-04: Continued to 2025 with substitute in Courts of Justice (House) - 2024-03-04: Committee substitute posted to LIS only 24108417D-H1 (House) - 2024-03-04: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered (House) - 2024-02-23: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Voice Vote) (House) - 2024-02-23: Referred from Rules (Voice Vote) (House) - 2024-02-15: Referred to Committee on Rules (House) - 2024-02-15: Read first time (House) - 2024-02-15: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2024-02-09: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Senate) - 2024-02-08: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB280S1 (Senate) - 2024-02-08: Committee substitute agreed to 24106105D-S1 (Senate) - 2024-02-08: Reading of substitute waived (Senate) - 2024-02-08: Read second time (Senate) - 2024-02-07: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2024-02-06: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Senate) - 2024-02-02: Impact statement from DPB (SB280S1) (Senate) - 2024-01-26: Impact statement from VCSC (SB280S1) (Senate) - 2024-01-25: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered (Senate) - 2024-01-25: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (Senate) - 2024-01-25: Committee substitute printed 24106105D-S1 (Senate) - 2024-01-25: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A) (Senate) - 2024-01-23: Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered (Senate) - 2024-01-18: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health (Senate) - 2024-01-17: Impact statement from DPB (SB280) (Senate) - 2024-01-10: Impact statement from VCSC (SB280) (Senate) - 2024-01-09: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2024-01-09: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101159D (Senate) ## Bill text - Substitute, 2024-03-04: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB280) - Introduced, 2024-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB280) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB280) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB280-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).