SB 736 Virginia Senate · 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 HB 817.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was formally approved and assigned to Chapter 226 of the 2026 Virginia Acts. The approval date was updated to April 6, 2026, and the session header was adjusted to reflect the final enrolled status. No substantive policy changes regarding the State/Local Hospitalization Program's scope, funding, or eligibility were identified in this specific text segment.
TECHNICAL

The bill's session header was updated from '2026 SESSION' to '2026 SESSION' (unchanged context) but the status changed from 'ENROLLED' to 'CHAPTER' with the specific chapter number 'CHAPTER 226' added.

The approval date was updated to reflect the specific date of April 6, 2026.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2026

How they voted

340
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 39
Feb 13, 2026
D Democratic20
19 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
15 Yea 4
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 226 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB736ER)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26105176D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Travis Hackworth
Travis Hackworth
RRepublican
VA
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