---
type: "Bill"
title: "Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements."
description: "Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2211"
citation: "Virginia HB 2211 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c5726ee-e624-48e6-aae6-1f08c99716ec"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2211"
source_hash: "8d81d8c262826436f36a3f0e60c2350f890c34dd806e3ea84adf8000dc5cb12a"
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 2211 (2023) — Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0579** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0579)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105520D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2211H1)
3. **HB2211ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2211ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103100D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2211)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103100D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2211)
- **2023-01-19** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105520D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2211H1)
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105520D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2211H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2211ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2211ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** 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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 579 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c5726ee-e624-48e6-aae6-1f08c99716ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).