republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-355.md

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Bill	Assisted living facilities; regulations regarding audio-visual recording of residents, report.	Assisted living facilities; audio-visual recordingof residents. Directs the Board of Social Services (the Board)to promulgate regulations by July 1, 2021, governing audio-visual recording of residents in assisted living facilities and requiresthe Department of Social Services to convene a workgroup of stakeholdersto make recommendations on such regulations. The workgroup shall report its recommendations to the Board and the General Assembly byDecember 1, 2020.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 355	Virginia SB 355 (2020)	bill		enacted	John A. Cosgrove, Jr.	4	30	7	2020-01-06	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/151eaf39-e000-412c-89e0-348720365f3d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB355	0a176152e5d8347bc737f9306675e50481a824c56a5a1d2e5f029a61386f6910	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 355 (2020) — Assisted living facilities; regulations regarding audio-visual recording of residents, report.

Assisted living facilities; audio-visual recordingof residents. Directs the Board of Social Services (the Board)to promulgate regulations by July 1, 2021, governing audio-visual recording of residents in assisted living facilities and requiresthe Department of Social Services to convene a workgroup of stakeholdersto make recommendations on such regulations. The workgroup shall report its recommendations to the Board and the General Assembly byDecember 1, 2020.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0848) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB355ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB355) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB355H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 0-N) — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)
• Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100172D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-10 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-14 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-15 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB355)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20108756D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB355H1)
• 2020-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20108756D-H1
• 2020-02-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB355H1
• 2020-02-28 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 Title replaced 20108756D-H1
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB355ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 848 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/151eaf39-e000-412c-89e0-348720365f3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).