republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-794.md

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Bill	Virginia Health Care Protection Act; established, prohibition on extradition for certain crimes.	Virginia Health Care Protection Act established; prohibition on extradition for certain crimes; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Health Care Protection Act. The bill provides that no law-enforcement officer acting in the Commonwealth or employed by the Commonwealth or any of its localities or political subdivisions may investigate, arrest, or detain any person, seek the issuance of a warrant, or otherwise assist in or provide support for any investigation involving protected health care activity, as defined in the bill, not prohibited under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill creates a private right of action for any person who is aggrieved by such unlawful investigation to obtain an injunction or other equitable relief against such law-enforcement officer.The bill creates a private right of action for any person who sustains any injury, damages, or other harm resulting from another person who, under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth, engages or attempts to engage in abusive litigation, as defined in the bill.The bill also provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves protected health care activity within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth.The bill provides that any subpoena under the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act or any summons for a witness for another state in a criminal case shall include an attestation, made under penalty of perjury, stating whether the subpoena or summons seeks documents, information, or testimony related to protected health care activity.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 794	Virginia SB 794 (2026)	bill		enacted	Russet Perry	3	35	8	2026-01-23	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4fcb4999-73ef-4474-8a53-5c4de74b148f	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB794	7fc7b11008861f0c5b572ff498e53b7b0a6549343b337e717d8a0d646b915647	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 794 (2026) — Virginia Health Care Protection Act; established, prohibition on extradition for certain crimes.

Virginia Health Care Protection Act established; prohibition on extradition for certain crimes; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Health Care Protection Act. The bill provides that no law-enforcement officer acting in the Commonwealth or employed by the Commonwealth or any of its localities or political subdivisions may investigate, arrest, or detain any person, seek the issuance of a warrant, or otherwise assist in or provide support for any investigation involving protected health care activity, as defined in the bill, not prohibited under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill creates a private right of action for any person who is aggrieved by such unlawful investigation to obtain an injunction or other equitable relief against such law-enforcement officer.The bill creates a private right of action for any person who sustains any injury, damages, or other harm resulting from another person who, under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth, engages or attempts to engage in abusive litigation, as defined in the bill.The bill also provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves protected health care activity within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth.The bill provides that any subpoena under the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act or any summons for a witness for another state in a criminal case shall include an attestation, made under penalty of perjury, stating whether the subpoena or summons seeks documents, information, or testimony related to protected health care activity.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 9–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 20–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 60–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Russet Perry — primary (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26100646D introduction
• 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 3:04 pm)
• 2026-02-04 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-04 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26106740D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 11:07 am)
• 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB794)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Passed House (60-Y 35-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB794ER) passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB794)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 905 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fcb4999-73ef-4474-8a53-5c4de74b148f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).