SB 148 Virginia Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Public health emergencies; expands immunity for health care providers.

Summary

Public health emergencies; immunity for health care providers; emergency. Expands immunity provided to health care providers responding to a disaster to include actions or omissions taken by the provider as directed by any order of public health in response to such disaster when a local emergency, state of emergency, or public health emergency has been declared. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Mar 2022

Senate Passage

Mar 2022

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2022

Signed into Law

Apr 2022

Introduced Jan 9, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 2, 2022

How they voted

30–3

Passed

Total votes 33

Feb 14, 2022

D Democratic17

15 Yea 2 Nay

88% Yea

R Republican16

15 Yea 1 Nay

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 11, 2022

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 617 (effective 7/1/22)

executive

Mar 7, 2022

Introduced

House amendments agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N)

upper

Mar 4, 2022

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Mar 4, 2022

Upper · Passed

Passed by temporarily

upper

Mar 2, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed House with amendments (73-Y 24-N)

lower

Mar 2, 2022

Introduced

Engrossed by House as amended

lower

Mar 2, 2022

Lower · Passed

Committee amendments agreed to

lower

Mar 1, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed by for the day

lower

Feb 25, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (14-Y 5-N)

lower

Feb 23, 2022

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)

lower

Feb 22, 2022

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2

lower

Feb 22, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

Feb 14, 2022

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)

upper

Feb 11, 2022

Upper · Passed

Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB148S1

upper

Feb 11, 2022

Upper · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 22106420D-S1

upper

Feb 9, 2022

Upper · Passed

Reported from Judiciary with substitute (11-Y 3-N)

upper

Feb 9, 2022

Upper · Passed

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

upper

Jan 9, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

upper

Jan 9, 2022

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102585D

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors