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type: "Bill"
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title: "Battery; expands penalty when against health care provider."
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description: "Expands the penalty for battery against a health care provider who is engaged in the performance of his duties to apply in hospitals or in emergency rooms on the premises of any clinic or other facility rendering emergency care. Under current law, the penalties only apply to a battery against an emergency health care provider. The bill requires the Department of Health to work with stakeholder groups to develop guidelines regarding the publication of penalties for battery on a health care provider and for the training of health care professionals and providers in violence prevention programs. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1921"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1921 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f00591e9-3dd9-4c7c-b44c-8bfec98289c7"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1921"
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source_hash: "32ab87ec9681b48bcaa8c30a760dfe5d27940872c00c59f7248989c8d7badaf6"
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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 HB 1921 (2017) — Battery; expands penalty when against health care provider.
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Expands the penalty for battery against a health care provider who is engaged in the performance of his duties to apply in hospitals or in emergency rooms on the premises of any clinic or other facility rendering emergency care. Under current law, the penalties only apply to a battery against an emergency health care provider. The bill requires the Department of Health to work with stakeholder groups to develop guidelines regarding the publication of penalties for battery on a health care provider and for the training of health care professionals and providers in violence prevention programs. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0029)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0029)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1921ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1921ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103712D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1921)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **27–12** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
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- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103712D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
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- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
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- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 29 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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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/f00591e9-3dd9-4c7c-b44c-8bfec98289c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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