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HB 817 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

State/Local Hospitalization Program; repealing provisions relating to Program.

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized and assigned Chapter 225 for the 2026 session, with the approval date updated to April 6, 2026. The substantive policy content regarding the State/Local Hospitalization Program remains unchanged in this version, as the diff only reflects administrative formatting updates and the finalization of the legislative text.
Scope change
None; the bill's scope and applicability remain the same as the enrolled version.
TECHNICAL

The approval date was updated to April 6, 2026, and the bill was assigned Chapter 225 in the Acts of Assembly.

Removed the generic '2026 SESSION' and 'ENROLLED' headers that were present in the draft version.

Added the specific chapter number 'CHAPTER 225' to the title of the act.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2026 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2026

How they voted

39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 26, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB817ER)
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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