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---
type: "Bill"
title: "State/Local Hospitalization Program; repealing provisions relating to Program."
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 HB 817."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 736"
citation: "Virginia SB 736 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Travis Hackworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbc5e08a-6f52-407d-9d8e-adf4950c8386"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB736"
source_hash: "f85c25f756a3619a6b9a225c1613b01904bb87ad008ffc547aa4682ce5b8748e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 736 (2026) — State/Local Hospitalization Program; repealing provisions relating to Program.
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 HB 817.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1092226.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216944.PDF)
3. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148541.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188711.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **130** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 26105176D `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB736)
- **2026-02-03** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107887D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB736)
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Blank Action
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB736ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB736)
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 226 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbc5e08a-6f52-407d-9d8e-adf4950c8386`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).