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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certified community health workers; Department of Health shall evaluate status of workers, report."
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description: "Certified community health workers; annual report. Directs the Department of Health to submit a report on certified community health workers to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations and the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget by November 1, 2025. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care."
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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: "SB 981"
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citation: "Virginia SB 981 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1483f255-8d2d-42f6-b1ae-0362308a0f7e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB981"
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source_hash: "f6d5b3d3bbca500ee30a656e87c9a13f8727b1b7f25a76d8585e99d3c54f3694"
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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 981 (2025) — Certified community health workers; Department of Health shall evaluate status of workers, report.
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Certified community health workers; annual report. Directs the Department of Health to submit a report on certified community health workers to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations and the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget by November 1, 2025. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
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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/1014676.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077043.PDF)
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3. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034609.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059935.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (81-Y 15-N) — **81–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102193D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB981)
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- **2025-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106406D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
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- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-01-31** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB981)
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- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Health and Human Services (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed House (81-Y 15-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB981ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB981)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 510 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510)
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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/1483f255-8d2d-42f6-b1ae-0362308a0f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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