---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing homes; application to Commissioner of Health for change of operator license, civil penalty."
description: "Nursing homes; change of operator; application to Commissioner of Health for change of operator license; civil penalty. Requires a person taking over the daily operations and management of a nursing home when change of ownership or control occurs to apply to the Commissioner of Health for a change of operator license. The bill establishes the requirements for the application for and for the granting of such license and establishes a civil penalty for failing to provide the Commissioner with information or documentation, effectuating a change of operator without applying for a change of operator license, or providing fraudulent information on an application for a change of operator license. This bill is identical to HB 717."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Virginia SB 247 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f42f74e3-7f2a-4f09-b4ec-99ecfcd24d72"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB247"
source_hash: "d3ca13433ca0e9f3f839ac013207424b16e51bca1f3a0739401321bde0cb1de9"
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 SB 247 (2026) — Nursing homes; application to Commissioner of Health for change of operator license, civil penalty.

Nursing homes; change of operator; application to Commissioner of Health for change of operator license; civil penalty. Requires a person taking over the daily operations and management of a nursing home when change of ownership or control occurs to apply to the Commissioner of Health for a change of operator license. The bill establishes the requirements for the application for and for the granting of such license and establishes a civil penalty for failing to provide the Commissioner with information or documentation, effectuating a change of operator without applying for a change of operator license, or providing fraudulent information on an application for a change of operator license. This bill is identical to HB 717.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086979.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217934.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178916.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104796D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB247)
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB247ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB247)
- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f42f74e3-7f2a-4f09-b4ec-99ecfcd24d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).