republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1337.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Health Services Plan Task Force; designated areas of state in need of additional project."
description: "Certificate of public need; expedited review of certain projects; duties of the State Health Services Plan Task Force. Directs the State Health Services Plan Task Force to develop recommendations for designating areas of the state with an identifiable need for additional projects, taking into account numerous barriers of access to health care. The bill also directs the Board of Health to promulgate updated regulations for expedited application and review processes for certain projects. This bill is identical to SB 239."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1337"
citation: "Virginia HB 1337 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nadarius E. Clark"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec5bb50-c8eb-4fb7-b29c-b9c2b69e9544"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1337"
source_hash: "928a2b5f994643190651710f451669be0d25b7936274dd39bdac1522bffdd182"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1337 (2026) — State Health Services Plan Task Force; designated areas of state in need of additional project.

Certificate of public need; expedited review of certain projects; duties of the State Health Services Plan Task Force. Directs the State Health Services Plan Task Force to develop recommendations for designating areas of the state with an identifiable need for additional projects, taking into account numerous barriers of access to health care. The bill also directs the Board of Health to promulgate updated regulations for expedited application and review processes for certain projects. This bill is identical to SB 239.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090159.PDF)
2. **Health Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139398.PDF)
3. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143367.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194257.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nadarius E. Clark — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Delores Oates — cosponsor (person)
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26105451D `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1337)
- **2026-02-10** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute printed 26107657D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1337)
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1337ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1337)
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 779 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ec5bb50-c8eb-4fb7-b29c-b9c2b69e9544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).