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type: "Bill"
title: "Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need."
description: "Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need. Makes clear that in determining whether a public need for a proposed project has been demonstrated the State Health Commissioner shall consider the impact of the proposed project on all people to whom services may be provided and not only residents of the service area. This bill is identical to SB 279."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1549"
citation: "Virginia HB 1549 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d812f0b-f53e-4606-ba83-b326d1ac4eef"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1549"
source_hash: "17d59b178d8d4da9c4b3fc17a0c181fd7c679c8f3e1962fc9007384edb4e29d2"
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 1549 (2020) — Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.
Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need. Makes clear that in determining whether a public need for a proposed project has been demonstrated the State Health Commissioner shall consider the impact of the proposed project on all people to whom services may be provided and not only residents of the service area. This bill is identical to SB 279.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0558)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0558)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1549ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1549ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1549)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1549)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N 1-A) — **309** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (7-Y 5-N) — **75** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N 1-A) — **2712** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 20105314D `introduction`
- **2020-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1549)
- **2020-01-20** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Education and Health (7-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed by for the day
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1549ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 558 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d812f0b-f53e-4606-ba83-b326d1ac4eef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).