republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-720.md

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Bill	PSAP dispatchers; definitions, telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMD program.	E-911 dispatchers; training in telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency medical dispatch. 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 State Board of Health 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. This bill is identical to HB 727.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 720	Virginia SB 720 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jennifer L. McClellan	5	47	12	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/0e615f63-667b-4543-a66c-5c3ce6a47b24	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB720	4a9e5030eadf6bfc27ddb4770445d45a5d1f34f4b0e3eaa510e8f48546a5e642	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 720 (2020) — PSAP dispatchers; definitions, telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EMD program.

E-911 dispatchers; training in telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency medical dispatch. 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 State Board of Health 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. This bill is identical to HB 727.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1069) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB720ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB720H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB720) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB720S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (16-Y 5-N) — 16–5 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 10-N) — 85–10 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N) — 36–2 (pass) · upper
• House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N) — 81–15 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103020D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB720)
• 2020-02-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Committee substitute printed 20108044D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB720S1)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 20108044D-S1
• 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB720S1
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108505D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20108505D-H1
• 2020-02-21 Amendment by Delegate Hope agreed to amendment-passage
• 2020-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB720H1
• 2020-02-21 Passed House with substitute with amendment (82-Y 15-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N)
• 2020-02-25 House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB720H1)
• 2020-02-26 House insisted on substitute with amendment
• 2020-02-26 House requested conference committee
• 2020-02-28 Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-28 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (86-Y 10-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 10-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB720ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1069 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e615f63-667b-4543-a66c-5c3ce6a47b24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).