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Bill PSAP dispatchers; definitions, telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMD program. PSAP dispatchers; telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency Medical Dispatch education program. Requires each public safety answering point (PSAP) to provide training and equipment for each of its dispatchers in high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation (TCPR) instruction, which is defined in the measure as the delivery by trained 911 telecommunicators of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for acute events requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The measure (i) requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt regulations that establish training and equipment standards and (ii) authorizes a PSAP to enter into reciprocal agreements with another PSAP to transfer callers to the other PSAP at times that the initial PSAP does not have a trained dispatcher on duty able to provide TCPR. The measure establishes immunity from civil damages for dispatchers who instruct a caller on TCPR. The measure also requires each operator of a PSAP to implement a requirement that each of its dispatchers complete an Emergency Medical Dispatch education program by July 1, 2024, and to conduct ongoing quality assurance of its TCPR program. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 727 Virginia HB 727 (2020)
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Virginia HB 727 (2020) — PSAP dispatchers; definitions, telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMD program.

PSAP dispatchers; telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency Medical Dispatch education program. Requires each public safety answering point (PSAP) to provide training and equipment for each of its dispatchers in high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation (TCPR) instruction, which is defined in the measure as the delivery by trained 911 telecommunicators of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for acute events requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The measure (i) requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt regulations that establish training and equipment standards and (ii) authorizes a PSAP to enter into reciprocal agreements with another PSAP to transfer callers to the other PSAP at times that the initial PSAP does not have a trained dispatcher on duty able to provide TCPR. The measure establishes immunity from civil damages for dispatchers who instruct a caller on TCPR. The measure also requires each operator of a PSAP to implement a requirement that each of its dispatchers complete an Emergency Medical Dispatch education program by July 1, 2024, and to conduct ongoing quality assurance of its TCPR program.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1068) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB727ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB727H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB727H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB727S2 (committee substitute) — source
  6. HB727S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 6-N) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 13-N) — 83–13 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104895D introduction
  • 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-21 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-21 Committee substitute printed 20106254D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-01-23 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20106254D-H1
  • 2020-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB727H1
  • 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB727)
  • 2020-01-27 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N)
  • 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB727H1)
  • 2020-02-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-17 Committee substitute printed 20108483D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-02-17 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20108988D-S2 substitution
  • 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-27 Committee substitute rejected 20108483D-S1
  • 2020-02-27 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-02-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20108988D-S2
  • 2020-02-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB727S2
  • 2020-02-27 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108988D-S2 (84-Y 13-N)
  • 2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 13-N)
  • 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB727S2)
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB727ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1068 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e17808fc-d9e0-414f-9ae8-cb7dd91110ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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