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type: "Bill"
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title: "Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators."
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description: "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"
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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 981"
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citation: "Virginia SB 981 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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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/adef8b36-20a8-46a1-b2d0-c8d1f8805a68"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB981"
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source_hash: "d00421684e894b2ae61c1eeb22bb3ff8f021c425a31418b725554dc4964b4b27"
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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 981 (2017) — Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators.
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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
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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 (CHAP0057)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0057)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB981ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB981ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101302D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB981)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101302D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB981E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — 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 17101302D `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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- **2017-01-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-01-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-01-18** Amendment by Senator Stanley agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-01-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB981E
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- **2017-01-18** Printed as engrossed 17101302D-E
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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 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 57 (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/adef8b36-20a8-46a1-b2d0-c8d1f8805a68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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