---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint Commission on Health Care; sunset."
description: "Extends the expiration of the Joint Commission on Health Care from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2022. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1043"
citation: "Virginia SB 1043 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "General Assembly", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosalyn R. Dance"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b5f72d6-ab99-48ce-8541-c2f5406fd55e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1043"
source_hash: "a692ab7052e61e778af1b3234068956565338de5c27a04e859fc1bef67acd1de"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1043 (2017) — Joint Commission on Health Care; sunset.

Extends the expiration of the Joint Commission on Health Care from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2022. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0608)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0608)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1043ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1043ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101451D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1043)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **94–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rosalyn R. Dance — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101451D `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Passed House (94-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 608 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b5f72d6-ab99-48ce-8541-c2f5406fd55e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).