SB 1203 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Certificate of public need; task force to develop recommendation for expedited application & review.

Summary
Certificate of public need; expedited application and review; medical deserts. Instructs the State Health Commissioner to direct the State Health Services Plan Task Force to develop recommendations for establishing an expedited application and review process for projects requiring a certificate of public need in medical deserts. This bill is identical to HB 2119.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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Education and Health Substitute Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was formatted from a Senate Substitute version to a Chaptered version, indicating it has been approved and enacted into law. The substantive policy content regarding expedited application processes for healthcare projects in underserved areas remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the formatting and status changed from a proposed substitute to an enacted chapter.
TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a Senate Substitute bill format to a Chaptered Act format, adding official chapter number (Chapter 410), approval date (March 24, 2025), and proper legislative formatting.

Removed Senate-specific metadata including bill number (25106319D), committee attribution, and patron information.

Added official chapter designation (Chapter 410) and approval date to indicate the bill has been enacted into law.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 14, 2025

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 410 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1203ER)
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Chris Head
Chris Head
RRepublican
VA
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