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type: "Bill"
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title: "Assault and battery; health care providers; penalty."
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description: "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"
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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: "SB 973"
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citation: "Virginia SB 973 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.", "Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-03"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0fc6718-6b25-43c7-b1ce-4029b2ca1142"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB973"
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source_hash: "cba4df795f6cf096154ba0c5573773ad90d89e84a35d0f18a3ed10bff0845510"
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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 SB 973 (2017) — Assault and battery; health care providers; penalty.
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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
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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 (CHAP0056)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0056)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB973ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB973ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101152D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB973)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **28–12** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101152D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
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- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 56 (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/b0fc6718-6b25-43c7-b1ce-4029b2ca1142`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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