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type: "Bill"
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title: "Palliative care information and resources."
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description: "Requires the Department of Health to make information about and resources on palliative care available to the public, health care providers, and health care facilities on its website. 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 974"
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citation: "Virginia SB 974 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Computer Services and Uses", "Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-03"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7d0a46-1b62-4a40-82cd-791c4b201715"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB974"
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source_hash: "1028aecdd8ea78affa28141c1ad6eb1ec77515125d1dc5e153ada322512ed9f7"
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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 974 (2017) — Palliative care information and resources.
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Requires the Department of Health to make information about and resources on palliative care available to the public, health care providers, and health care facilities on its website. 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 (CHAP0471)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0471)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105338D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB974H1)
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3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB974ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB974ER)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101757D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB974)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101757D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `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** Committee substitute agreed to 17105338D-H1
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- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB974H1
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- **2017-02-13** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-15** Title replaced 17105338D-H1
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 471 (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/4c7d0a46-1b62-4a40-82cd-791c4b201715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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