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type: "Bill"
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title: "State/Local Hospitalization Program; repealing provisions relating to Program."
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description: "State/Local Hospitalization Program; repeal. Eliminates the State/Local Hospitalization Program. Under current law, with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, the State/Local Hospitalization Program is established to assist indigent persons with certain inpatient and outpatient hospital expenses. This bill is identical to SB 736."
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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 817"
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citation: "Virginia HB 817 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark C. Downey"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e81c14a-6088-46d1-baee-3c15ed8fd13d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB817"
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source_hash: "20550075a65a341c7b9838f3fc0134397feb9906a315819cc58dfbd97d08d3d0"
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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 817 (2026) — State/Local Hospitalization Program; repealing provisions relating to Program.
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State/Local Hospitalization Program; repeal. Eliminates the State/Local Hospitalization Program. Under current law, with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, the State/Local Hospitalization Program is established to assist indigent persons with certain inpatient and outpatient hospital expenses. This bill is identical to SB 736.
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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/1086019.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216937.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171603.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197889.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark C. Downey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104061D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB817)
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- **2026-01-22** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-20** Committee substitute printed 26108274D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB817)
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB817ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB817)
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0225)
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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/5e81c14a-6088-46d1-baee-3c15ed8fd13d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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