---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificate of public need; expedited review process, etc."
description: "State Health Services Plan Task Force; certificate of public need; recommendations. Directs the Board of Health to convene the State Health Services Plan Task Force to make recommendations on expedited review of projects subject to certificate of public need requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Virginia SB 277 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb342651-2c9d-4d7b-81ac-a21b83da5e16"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB277"
source_hash: "e9edf02ee3bf2555efb414f02092b7df5c7b3e54a4905da05519b7a65a387fa2"
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 277 (2024) — Certificate of public need; expedited review process, etc.

State Health Services Plan Task Force; certificate of public need; recommendations. Directs the Board of Health to convene the State Health Services Plan Task Force to make recommendations on expedited review of projects subject to certificate of public need requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0423** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0423)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106619D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB277S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101587D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB277)
4. **SB277ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB277ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101587D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106619D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24106619D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB277S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB277S1)
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB277ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB277ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 423 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb342651-2c9d-4d7b-81ac-a21b83da5e16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).