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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need."
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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 HB 1549."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 279"
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citation: "Virginia SB 279 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-03"
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last_action: "2020-03-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45cb8090-4469-4c8d-9d06-92f68c8d6585"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB279"
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source_hash: "2615f6c145fb242c2cbee2c9edeec12a45bf3cc20fd0ba41566e2bea399e6abe"
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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 279 (2020) — Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need.
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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 HB 1549.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0227)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB279ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB279ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB279)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB279)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N 1-A) — **33–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- George L. Barker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103906D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB279)
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- **2020-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Certificate of Public Need `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB279ER)
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
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- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/20) `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/45cb8090-4469-4c8d-9d06-92f68c8d6585`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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