republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-279.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.	Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need. Makes clear that in determining whether a public need for a proposed project has been demonstrated the State Health Commissioner shall consider the impact of the proposed project on all people to whom services may be provided and not only residents of the service area. This bill is identical to HB 1549.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 279	Virginia SB 279 (2020)	bill		enacted	George L. Barker	3	24	6	2020-01-03	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/45cb8090-4469-4c8d-9d06-92f68c8d6585	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB279	2615f6c145fb242c2cbee2c9edeec12a45bf3cc20fd0ba41566e2bea399e6abe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 279 (2020) — Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.

Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need. Makes clear that in determining whether a public need for a proposed project has been demonstrated the State Health Commissioner shall consider the impact of the proposed project on all people to whom services may be provided and not only residents of the service area. This bill is identical to HB 1549.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB279ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB279) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N 1-A) — 33–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• George L. Barker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103906D introduction
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB279)
• 2020-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Certificate of Public Need referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N 1-A) passage
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Enrolled
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB279ER)
• 2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-26 Signed by President
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
• 2020-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45cb8090-4469-4c8d-9d06-92f68c8d6585. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).