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Bill Hospices, certain, home care organizations, etc.; immunity from civil liability, COVID-19. Certain hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunity from civil liability; COVID-19; emergency. Provides that a licensed hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care from a patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosed as being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shall not be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident, or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholding of care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by the emergency result in a lack of resources, attributable to the disaster, that render such hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center unable to provide the level or manner of care that otherwise would have been required in the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury or wrongful death at issue. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill incorporates SB 5023 and is identical to HB 5059. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020specialI SB 5082 Virginia SB 5082 (2020specialI)
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Virginia SB 5082 (2020specialI) — Hospices, certain, home care organizations, etc.; immunity from civil liability, COVID-19.

Certain hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunity from civil liability; COVID-19; emergency. Provides that a licensed hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care from a patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosed as being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shall not be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident, or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholding of care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by the emergency result in a lack of resources, attributable to the disaster, that render such hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center unable to provide the level or manner of care that otherwise would have been required in the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury or wrongful death at issue. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill incorporates SB 5023 and is identical to HB 5059.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5082ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5082S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (SB5082) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N) — 173 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage Emergency (87-Y 9-N 1-A) — 869 (pass) · lower
  • Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Committee substitute reconsidered (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

  • 2020-08-17 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200757D introduction
  • 2020-08-17 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-08-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB5082)
  • 2020-08-26 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-08-26 Incorporates SB5023 (Norment)
  • 2020-08-26 Committee substitute printed 20201039D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-08-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-08-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-08-28 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-08-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20201039D-S1
  • 2020-08-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-08-28 Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-08-28 Committee substitute reconsidered (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-08-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-09-02 Committee substitute agreed to 20201039D-S1
  • 2020-09-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5082S1
  • 2020-09-03 Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-09-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB5082S1)
  • 2020-09-17 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-09-17 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-09-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2020-09-22 Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-09-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-09-25 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-09-25 Passed House (87-Y 9-N) passage
  • 2020-09-25 VOTE: Passage Emergency (87-Y 9-N 1-A)
  • 2020-10-02 Enrolled
  • 2020-10-02 Signed by President
  • 2020-10-02 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-10-07 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
  • 2020-10-07 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
  • 2020-10-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (effective 10/13/20) executive-signature
  • 2020-10-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB5082ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2feecee-21d5-46db-97a1-5259797fe482. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).