republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-868.md

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Bill	Stroke centers, certified; designation of hospitals.	Expands the list of certified stroke center designations for hospitals included in regional stroke triage plans to include comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers with supplementary levels of stroke care distinction, and acute stroke-ready hospitals and adds the American Heart Association to the list of entities authorized to provide certification of such hospitals. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 868	Virginia SB 868 (2018)	bill		enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	2	16	5	2018-01-17	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/2df257a5-c3e8-4d79-8bf8-f5787a51ab03	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB868	ee97daf1276316f0abec0b1d42b24d18cbfcd9482a06578a82a4ebea5601d7ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 868 (2018) — Stroke centers, certified; designation of hospitals.

Expands the list of certified stroke center designations for hospitals included in regional stroke triage plans to include comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers with supplementary levels of stroke care distinction, and acute stroke-ready hospitals and adds the American Heart Association to the list of entities authorized to provide certification of such hospitals. This bill is identical to

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 (SB868ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104424D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 18104424D introduction
• 2018-01-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-01-26 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-08 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
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 109 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2df257a5-c3e8-4d79-8bf8-f5787a51ab03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).