Service member community members; medical care facilities, health care equity.
Summary
Service member community members; medical care facilities; health care equity. Permits medical care facilities to screen each patient for information on their eligibility as a service member community member, as defined by the bill. The bill permits medical care facilities to identify service member community members as a vulnerable population and comply with the most recent health care equity standards published by The Joint Commission.
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 23, 2026
Signed Apr 8, 2026
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MINOR
The bill has been formally enacted into law as Chapter 474 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy text regarding service member community members and health care equity remains unchanged from the enrolled version, with no new definitions, funding, or operational requirements added.
TECHNICAL
Added formal chapter designation (Chapter 474) and approval date (April 8, 2026) to indicate the bill has become official law.
Removed internal legislative markers such as session headers and draft indicators used during the bill's passage.
Adjusted line breaks and spacing to fit the final printed format of the Virginia Code, but the actual legal text and meaning are identical to the previous version.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Feb 27, 2026
D
Democratic20
90% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
12
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Apr 8, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1504ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned sub: Health
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26104978D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
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