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type: "Bill"
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title: "Critical access hospitals; swing beds."
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description: "Certificate of public need; exception; critical access hospitals; swing beds; sunset. Allows critical access hospitals to utilize an average of up to 10 swing beds per day, calculated over the hospital's fiscal year, without obtaining a certificate of public need. Under current law, critical access hospitals may only use up to 10 percent of beds as swing beds. The bill directs the State Commissioner of Health to collect data annually from critical access hospitals that use fiscal year averaging for swing beds and make such data publicly available. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 1177."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1552"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1552 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Wiley"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-11-14"
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last_action: "2025-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0d07ddc-f1cf-4015-a814-4fc3a6eabbff"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1552"
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source_hash: "5be8ae649f3180a13541c6207708ebb8bb441bd8fa8bbc4471c3112a26d8bc8d"
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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 1552 (2025) — Critical access hospitals; swing beds.
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Certificate of public need; exception; critical access hospitals; swing beds; sunset. Allows critical access hospitals to utilize an average of up to 10 swing beds per day, calculated over the hospital's fiscal year, without obtaining a certificate of public need. Under current law, critical access hospitals may only use up to 10 percent of beds as swing beds. The bill directs the State Commissioner of Health to collect data annually from critical access hospitals that use fiscal year averaging for swing beds and make such data publicly available. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 1177.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1011521.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071310.PDF)
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3. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024654.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046086.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Wiley — primary (person)
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- Delores Oates — cosponsor (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-11-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100479D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-11-14** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-23** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Committee substitute printed 25103954D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1552)
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- **2025-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-28** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1552)
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- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-07** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-07** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-12** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1552ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1552)
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- **2025-02-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-15** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 114 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0114)
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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/d0d07ddc-f1cf-4015-a814-4fc3a6eabbff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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