republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1921.md

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Bill	Battery; expands penalty when against health care provider.	Expands the penalty for battery against a health care provider who is engaged in the performance of his duties to apply in hospitals or in emergency rooms on the premises of any clinic or other facility rendering emergency care. Under current law, the penalties only apply to a battery against an emergency health care provider. The bill requires the Department of Health to work with stakeholder groups to develop guidelines regarding the publication of penalties for battery on a health care provider and for the training of health care professionals and providers in violence prevention programs. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1921	Virginia HB 1921 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally	enacted	Roxann L. Robinson	3	15	6	2017-01-10	2017-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/f00591e9-3dd9-4c7c-b44c-8bfec98289c7	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1921	32ab87ec9681b48bcaa8c30a760dfe5d27940872c00c59f7248989c8d7badaf6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1921 (2017) — Battery; expands penalty when against health care provider.

Expands the penalty for battery against a health care provider who is engaged in the performance of his duties to apply in hospitals or in emergency rooms on the premises of any clinic or other facility rendering emergency care. Under current law, the penalties only apply to a battery against an emergency health care provider. The bill requires the Department of Health to work with stakeholder groups to develop guidelines regarding the publication of penalties for battery on a health care provider and for the training of health care professionals and providers in violence prevention programs. 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 (CHAP0029) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1921ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103712D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 11–4 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 27–12 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103712D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Enrolled
• 2017-02-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
• 2017-02-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
• 2017-02-17 Approved by Governor-Chapter 29 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f00591e9-3dd9-4c7c-b44c-8bfec98289c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).