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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mobile health clinics; DHCD to include broadband access services for clinics."
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description: "Department of Housing and Community Development; broadband access services for mobile health clinics. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to, as part of its broader initiative to support the development and implementation of programs that support telehealth, include broadband access services for mobile health clinics as a priority for broadband nondeployment programs using federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funding to the extent approved by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 842"
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citation: "Virginia SB 842 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-02"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97de4f94-4979-40d7-b5f2-034106cd2219"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB842"
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source_hash: "d98ed6723ed86b43845f663ead7fa8ce9872c188accce67331fbc3d5ae115a58"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 842 (2025) — Mobile health clinics; DHCD to include broadband access services for clinics.
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Department of Housing and Community Development; broadband access services for mobile health clinics. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to, as part of its broader initiative to support the development and implementation of programs that support telehealth, include broadband access services for mobile health clinics as a priority for broadband nondeployment programs using federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funding to the extent approved by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012198.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072658.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028034.PDF)
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4. **General Laws and Technology Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020966.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1053778.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102179D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-24** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-01-24** General Laws and Technology Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-01-24** Printed as engrossed 25102179D-E
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- **2025-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB842)
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- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-05** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-11** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB842ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB842)
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- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 356 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97de4f94-4979-40d7-b5f2-034106cd2219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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