Hospitals; emergency department physicians.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to hospitals; emergency department physicians.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Hospitals; psychiatric emergency departments. Allows hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments located in the City of Hampton to operate without a physician on duty when certain conditions are met, including having written agreements in place with emergency medical service providers and being immediately adjacent to a non-psychiatric emergency department. The bill requires such psychiatric emergency departments to submit treatment data to the General Assembly on an annual basis by Novembe
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 16, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 296 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Rodney T. Willett
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 14, X 1
Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 90, X 3, N 7
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (14-Y 6-N 1-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 14, N 6, A 1, X 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N 1-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 4, X 3, A 1, N 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 296.