republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1748.md

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Bill	Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators.	Provides that persons who administer, organize, arrange, or promote the rendering of services to patients of certain clinics shall not be liable to patients of such clinics for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless the act or omission was the result of such persons' or the clinic's gross negligence or willful misconduct. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1748	Virginia HB 1748 (2017)	bill	Health Professions and Occupations	enacted	John M. O'Bannon, III	4	20	7	2017-01-08	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/79367cbe-1c41-4ccd-b4dd-7d81b71e437d	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1748	b7ab6409b9b8cbe8c44c52bad8ab27738f7c005df66d588105c23f02bdf4eab5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1748 (2017) — Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators.

Provides that persons who administer, organize, arrange, or promote the rendering of services to patients of certain clinics shall not be liable to patients of such clinics for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless the act or omission was the result of such persons' or the clinic's gross negligence or willful misconduct. 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 (CHAP0415) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1748ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101057D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105290D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105290D-S1 — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John M. O'Bannon, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101057D introduction
• 2017-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 17105290D-S1
• 2017-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1748S1
• 2017-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-15 Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105290D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled
• 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-20 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79367cbe-1c41-4ccd-b4dd-7d81b71e437d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).