---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social Services, Department of; appointment of receiver for assisted living facilities."
description: "Department of Social Services; assisted living facilities; appointment of receiver. Specifies the circumstances under which the Commissioner of Social Services may petition the court to appoint a receiver for an assisted living facility, which is permitted under current law, and describes the procedures to be followed (i) for the filing of such petition and (ii) when a receivership has been established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1153"
citation: "Virginia SB 1153 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d02bcf-4275-457c-ad5b-af69f38c027e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1153"
source_hash: "85017eae7e77e356796389ee1747a28b4c8d4f62a97b2b45466b0658d08485f6"
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 1153 (2025) — Social Services, Department of; appointment of receiver for assisted living facilities.

Department of Social Services; assisted living facilities; appointment of receiver. Specifies the circumstances under which the Commissioner of Social Services may petition the court to appoint a receiver for an assisted living facility, which is permitted under current law, and describes the procedures to be followed (i) for the filing of such petition and (ii) when a receivership has been established.

## 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/1018397.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079223.PDF)
3. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073904.HTML)
4. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075354.PDF)
5. **Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037395.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060097.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102461D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Committee substitute printed 25105811D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-03** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-04** Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1153)
- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1153ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1153)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (SB1153ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 616 (Effective 04/02/2025) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7d02bcf-4275-457c-ad5b-af69f38c027e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).