---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smartchart Network Program; renames Emergency Department Care Coordination Program, report."
description: "Smartchart Network Program; renames Emergency Department Care Coordination Program, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1255"
citation: "Virginia SB 1255 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnavant"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bae51d2b-5487-4133-8dae-8708fc38bdf5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1255"
source_hash: "891dc6b76cdb95a59277ffb645d464d540ef44e4909bdd6a6ee5a7c914a3bcf9"
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 1255 (2023) — Smartchart Network Program; renames Emergency Department Care Coordination Program, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0629** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0629)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105847D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1255S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107331D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1255S2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103954D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1255)
5. **SB1255ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1255ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunnavant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103954D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1255)
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105847D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105847D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1255S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1255S1)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-20** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-22** House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-23** House insisted on amendments
- **2023-02-23** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Dunnavant, McPike, Boysko
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Head, Wampler, Hope
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference substitute printed 23107331D-S2
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1255S2)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1255ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1255ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 629 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bae51d2b-5487-4133-8dae-8708fc38bdf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).