---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Health Club Act; automated external defibrillator required in health clubs."
description: "Virginia Health Club Act; automated externaldefibrillator required in health clubs. Requires each healthclub location to have a working automated external defibrillator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "Virginia SB 394 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40201208-fd13-4788-bffb-9f815f7489b8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB394"
source_hash: "d5d452d8367a44fedb32f8d75db087bc5b7633478776002d0562227c707d7cc6"
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 394 (2020) — Virginia Health Club Act; automated external defibrillator required in health clubs.

Virginia Health Club Act; automated externaldefibrillator required in health clubs. Requires each healthclub location to have a working automated external defibrillator.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0628)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB394ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB394ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB394)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB394)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101164D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB394)
- **2020-01-20** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB394ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 628 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40201208-fd13-4788-bffb-9f815f7489b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).