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type: "Bill"
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title: "Air transportation services providers; VDH to review rules for use in medical situations."
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description: "Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to review the rules governing use of air transportation services, also known as air ambulances, in emergency medical situations and protocols for the dispatch of air transportation services in response to emergency medical situations and to provide recommendations for changes to such rules or protocols. The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2017."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1728"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1728 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Aviation", "Emergency Services and Vehicles", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Margaret B. Ransone"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-07"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98d1611-3075-49e5-a82d-5476248f8405"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1728"
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source_hash: "152c85ea212f1135a1570fb2f04ad1719cce8a8a2a384515ffb3f0825e8690f8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1728 (2017) — Air transportation services providers; VDH to review rules for use in medical situations.
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Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to review the rules governing use of air transportation services, also known as air ambulances, in emergency medical situations and protocols for the dispatch of air transportation services in response to emergency medical situations and to provide recommendations for changes to such rules or protocols. The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2017.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0172)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0172)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1728ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1728ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100589D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1728)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100589D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1728E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100589D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-23** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-01-23** Engrossed by House as amended HB1728E
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- **2017-01-23** Printed as engrossed 17100589D-E
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- **2017-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 172 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98d1611-3075-49e5-a82d-5476248f8405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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