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type: "Bill"
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title: "Service member community members; medical care facilities, health care equity."
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description: "Service member community members; medical care facilities; health care equity. Permits medical care facilities to screen each patient for information on their eligibility as a service member community member, as defined by the bill. The bill permits medical care facilities to identify service member community members as a vulnerable population and comply with the most recent health care equity standards published by The Joint Commission."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1504"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1504 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0184e42f-0da8-4d2a-8873-7a5161259cd7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1504"
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source_hash: "42b33f51cd84d0c8fff90c03e5df197e834820566adb19d7ee10d25b392a7e3f"
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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 1504 (2026) — Service member community members; medical care facilities, health care equity.
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Service member community members; medical care facilities; health care equity. Permits medical care facilities to screen each patient for information on their eligibility as a service member community member, as defined by the bill. The bill permits medical care facilities to identify service member community members as a vulnerable population and comply with the most recent health care equity standards published by The Joint Commission.
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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/1095940.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218138.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145660.PDF)
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4. **Health Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139810.HTML)
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5. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143371.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194314.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26104978D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1504)
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- **2026-01-30** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-11** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1504)
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1504ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1504)
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)
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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/0184e42f-0da8-4d2a-8873-7a5161259cd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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