republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-301.md

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Bill	Correctional facilities, state, local, or regional; disclosure of health records.	Clarifies that disclosure of health records of a person committed to a state, local, or regional correctional facility to such facility is not subject to general provisions governing disclosure of health records but is subject to provisions specific to persons committed to such facilities. The bill also provides that the person in charge of a correctional facility or his designee is entitled to obtain from a health care provider medical records concerning a person committed to such facility.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 301	Virginia HB 301 (2018)	bill	Health Prisons and Other Methods of Correction	enacted	Vivian E. Watts	4	19	8	2018-01-03	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/cf405e9f-1f16-4e90-9686-9f45553379fa	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB301	5a13fa38d184096439704d17ab57978abd6240aa3fb126bdb1da8ca98b73a8c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 301 (2018) — Correctional facilities, state, local, or regional; disclosure of health records.

Clarifies that disclosure of health records of a person committed to a state, local, or regional correctional facility to such facility is not subject to general provisions governing disclosure of health records but is subject to provisions specific to persons committed to such facilities. The bill also provides that the person in charge of a correctional facility or his designee is entitled to obtain from a health care provider medical records concerning a person committed to such facility.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB301ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18106214D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102169D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 18106214D-EH1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102169D introduction
• 2018-01-03 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2018-01-15 Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 18106214D-H1
• 2018-02-07 Amendments by Delegate Watts agreed to amendment-passage
• 2018-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB301EH1
• 2018-02-07 Printed as engrossed 18106214D-EH1
• 2018-02-08 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-09 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 165 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf405e9f-1f16-4e90-9686-9f45553379fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).