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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law-enforcement officers; duty to render aid upon danger to life or limb, civil immunity."
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description: "Law-enforcement officers; duty to render aid upon danger to life or limb; civil immunity. Provides that a law-enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of his duties, has a duty to render aid to any person that he observes suffering from a serious bodily injury or life-threatening condition, as circumstances objectively permit and provided that such aid may be rendered without endangering the law-enforcement officer, the person, or others. The bill also immunizes a law-enforcement officer from civil liability for any personal injury or wrongful death resulting from such rendering or withholding of such aid absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. The bill directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt regulations to provide law-enforcement officers with basic medical training, including emergency first aid training."
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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 273"
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citation: "Virginia HB 273 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbbd59fe-0045-4173-bfa6-378a831599ad"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB273"
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source_hash: "0747b5c747d58329ca33a8c1e08ade58fe6684d379d8bc2be3f14ce335367bce"
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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 273 (2026) — Law-enforcement officers; duty to render aid upon danger to life or limb, civil immunity.
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Law-enforcement officers; duty to render aid upon danger to life or limb; civil immunity. Provides that a law-enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of his duties, has a duty to render aid to any person that he observes suffering from a serious bodily injury or life-threatening condition, as circumstances objectively permit and provided that such aid may be rendered without endangering the law-enforcement officer, the person, or others. The bill also immunizes a law-enforcement officer from civil liability for any personal injury or wrongful death resulting from such rendering or withholding of such aid absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. The bill directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt regulations to provide law-enforcement officers with basic medical training, including emergency first aid training.
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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/1083349.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218893.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199122.HTML)
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4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200556.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213399.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–6** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **9–4** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104658D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB273)
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- **2026-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-09** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-03-09** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Committee substitute printed 26109443D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB273)
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- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate substitute agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB273ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB273)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 583 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)
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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/bbbd59fe-0045-4173-bfa6-378a831599ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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