republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-703.md

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Bill	Out-of-state emergency medical services providers; authorized to provide service in Commonwealth.	Authorizes an emergency medical services provider who holds a valid license or certification in a state that borders the Commonwealth to provide emergency medical services in the Commonwealth if such services are provided at a widely attended event open to the public and, due to the expected number of attendees, the anticipated need for emergency medical services at the event is beyond the capacity of local emergency medical services providers. The bill requires that notice and certain information be provided to the Commissioner of Health. The bill provides that any out-of-state emergency medical services provider who holds a license or certification in a state that has entered into an interstate compact of which the Commonwealth is a member or any other interstate agreement with the Commonwealth regarding emergency medical services providers will be governed by the provisions of such compact or agreement.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 703	Virginia SB 703 (2018)	bill	Emergency Services and Vehicles Health	enacted	Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	3	20	5	2018-01-10	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/3c38b826-1c43-4546-bb71-1daaf652d175	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB703	1f84a0785df083a433c71b06d55805b37ea43c5881394b583314dd8341bc514f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 703 (2018) — Out-of-state emergency medical services providers; authorized to provide service in Commonwealth.

Authorizes an emergency medical services provider who holds a valid license or certification in a state that borders the Commonwealth to provide emergency medical services in the Commonwealth if such services are provided at a widely attended event open to the public and, due to the expected number of attendees, the anticipated need for emergency medical services at the event is beyond the capacity of local emergency medical services providers. The bill requires that notice and certain information be provided to the Commissioner of Health. The bill provides that any out-of-state emergency medical services provider who holds a license or certification in a state that has entered into an interstate compact of which the Commonwealth is a member or any other interstate agreement with the Commonwealth regarding emergency medical services providers will be governed by the provisions of such compact or agreement.

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB703ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102684D (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Printed as engrossed 18102684D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102684D introduction
• 2018-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-01-22 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-29 Reading of amendment waived
• 2018-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-01-29 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB703E
• 2018-01-29 Printed as engrossed 18102684D-E
• 2018-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 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
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c38b826-1c43-4546-bb71-1daaf652d175. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).