---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions."
description: "Certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1446"
citation: "Virginia HB 1446 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orrock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/197d8f04-5ae8-4dd4-ab5b-8aa91f94a9b4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1446"
source_hash: "78d21fc0dd0064f1bff132e7ea34defd22ecff631783581bc261f80e76089605"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1446 (2023) — Certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0482** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0482)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104725D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1446H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23105312D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1446H2)
4. **HB1446ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1446ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100408D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1446)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orrock — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100408D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-21** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17** Committee substitute printed 23104725D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105312D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1446H1)
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions substitute rejected 23104725D-H1
- **2023-01-30** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 23105312D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1446H2 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1446H2)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1446ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1446ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 482 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/197d8f04-5ae8-4dd4-ab5b-8aa91f94a9b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).