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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 SB 981 Virginia SB 981 (2017)
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Professions and Occupations
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William M. Stanley, Jr.
4 20 7 2017-01-03 2017-02-20 openstates ocd-bill/adef8b36-20a8-46a1-b2d0-c8d1f8805a68 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB981 d00421684e894b2ae61c1eeb22bb3ff8f021c425a31418b725554dc4964b4b27 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia SB 981 (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 (CHAP0057) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB981ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101302D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101302D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health — 121 (pass) · legislature
  • Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101302D introduction
  • 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2017-01-16 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-01-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2017-01-18 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2017-01-18 Amendment by Senator Stanley agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2017-01-18 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB981E
  • 2017-01-18 Printed as engrossed 17101302D-E
  • 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-02-14 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-15 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
  • 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
  • 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 57 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/adef8b36-20a8-46a1-b2d0-c8d1f8805a68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).