republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-277.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; expedited review process, etc.	State Health Services Plan Task Force; certificate of public need; recommendations. Directs the Board of Health to convene the State Health Services Plan Task Force to make recommendations on expedited review of projects subject to certificate of public need requirements.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 277	Virginia SB 277 (2024)	bill		enacted	Ghazala F. Hashmi	4	35	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/cb342651-2c9d-4d7b-81ac-a21b83da5e16	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB277	e9edf02ee3bf2555efb414f02092b7df5c7b3e54a4905da05519b7a65a387fa2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 277 (2024) — Certificate of public need; expedited review process, etc.

State Health Services Plan Task Force; certificate of public need; recommendations. Directs the Board of Health to convene the State Health Services Plan Task Force to make recommendations on expedited review of projects subject to certificate of public need requirements.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0423 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106619D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101587D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB277ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101587D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106619D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24106619D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB277S1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB277S1)
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB277ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB277ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 423 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb342651-2c9d-4d7b-81ac-a21b83da5e16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).