# Virginia SB99: Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions.

Virginia SB99, Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by William M. Stanley, Jr. (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB99-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB99
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-31
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: William M. Stanley, Jr. (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Medical malpractice; limitation on recovery; certain actions. Eliminates the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice where the act or acts of malpractice occurred on or after July 1, 2026, and occurred against a patient age 10 or younger.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: William M. Stanley, Jr. (Republican), Senate

## Actions (6)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N 1-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB99) (Senate)
- 2025-12-31: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate)
- 2025-12-31: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100064D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-12-31: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228776.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228775.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228776.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228775.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB99-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).