VA SB537 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Board of Health; hospital regulations; use of smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures. Requires the Board of Health to amend its regulations to require that every hospital where surgical procedures are performed adopt a policy requiring the use of a smoke evacuation system for all planned surgical procedures. The bill defines "smoke evacuation system" as smoke evacuation equipment and technologies designed to capture, filter, and remove surgical smoke at the site of origin and to prevent surgical smoke from making ocular contact or contact with a person's respiratory tract. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and is identical to
Title
Hospital regulations; use of smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-28 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249) | |
| 2024-03-28 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 249 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB537ER) |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2024-02-20 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)' |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Read third time |
| 2024-02-19 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-01-30 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB537S1 |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24105644D-S1 |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-25 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24105644D-S1 |
| 2024-01-25 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-16 | Senate | Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102777D |
Same As/Similar To
HB763 (Similar To) 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)
