# Virginia HB1504: Service member community members; medical care facilities, health care equity.

Virginia HB1504, Service member community members; medical care facilities, health care equity., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Delores L. McQuinn (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-08 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1504
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Service member community members; medical care facilities, health care equity.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-23
- Last action: 2026-04-08, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)
- Sponsor: Delores L. McQuinn (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (218 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## 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 overview: provisions PRIA read

- Medical facilities can record military status: benefit, low. The law lets medical care facilities ask patients if they are service members, veterans, or family. Facilities can add this status to the patient’s medical record. They may treat these patients as a vulnerable group and follow the latest Joint Commission health equity standards. Service member comm…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Delores L. McQuinn (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (31)

- 2026-04-08: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474) (Governor)
- 2026-04-08: Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1504) (House)
- 2026-03-09: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1504ER) (House)
- 2026-03-09: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-09: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-02: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Read third time (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Assigned Education sub: Health (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1504) (House)
- 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House as amended (House)
- 2026-02-16: committee amendment agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-16: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-15: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-12: Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-11: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-02-10: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-30: Assigned sub: Health (House)
- 2026-01-26: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1504) (House)
- 2026-01-23: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2026-01-23: Presented and ordered printed 26104978D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218139.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218138.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194315.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194314.PDF)
- Engrossed, 2026-02-16: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145661.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145660.PDF)
- Amendment, 2026-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143371.HTML)
- Amendment, 2026-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139457.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139810.HTML)
- Introduced, 2026-01-23: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095941.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095940.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218139.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218138.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194315.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194314.PDF)
- [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145661.HTML)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145660.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143371.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139457.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139810.HTML)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095941.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095940.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1504-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).