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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; visits by clergy."
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description: "Hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, hospices, and assisted living facilities; visits by clergy; public health emergency. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices and the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing assisted living facilities a requirement that, during a public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, each hospital, nursing home, certified nursing facility, hospice, and assisted living facility establish a protocol to allow patients to receive visits from a rabbi, priest, minister, or clergy of any religious denomination or sect consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and subject to compliance with any executive order, order of public health, Department of Health guidance, or any other applicable federal or state guidance having the effect of limiting visitation. The bill provides that such protocol may restrict the frequency and duration of visits and may require visits to be conducted virtually using interactive audio or video technology. Additionally, the protocol may require the person visiting a patient to comply with all reasonable requirements of the facility adopted to protect the health and safety of the person, patients, and staff."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1356"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1356 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer A. Kiggans"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42727a51-7a1a-4247-af22-ecccdd8c5671"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1356"
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source_hash: "754b601b7ea996bb6a674067c1689ded6b3325603d3ce9d3b003dd15473a929f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1356 (2021) — Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; visits by clergy.
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Hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, hospices, and assisted living facilities; visits by clergy; public health emergency. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices and the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing assisted living facilities a requirement that, during a public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, each hospital, nursing home, certified nursing facility, hospice, and assisted living facility establish a protocol to allow patients to receive visits from a rabbi, priest, minister, or clergy of any religious denomination or sect consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and subject to compliance with any executive order, order of public health, Department of Health guidance, or any other applicable federal or state guidance having the effect of limiting visitation. The bill provides that such protocol may restrict the frequency and duration of visits and may require visits to be conducted virtually using interactive audio or video technology. Additionally, the protocol may require the person visiting a patient to comply with all reasonable requirements of the facility adopted to protect the health and safety of the person, patients, and staff.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0525** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0525)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103738D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1356S1)
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3. **Governor's substitute printed 21200695D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1356S2)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101880D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1356)
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5. **SB1356ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1356ER)
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6. **SB1356ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1356ER2)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Agree To (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer A. Kiggans — primary (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101880D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1356)
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- **2021-01-22** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-28** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute printed 21103738D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB1356S1)
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- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-01** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 21103738D-S1
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- **2021-02-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1356S1
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- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
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- **2021-02-09** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-16** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-19** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-19** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2021-02-19** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-23** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1356ER)
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-31** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
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- **2021-03-31** Governor's substitute printed 21200695D-S2
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- **2021-04-07** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-04-07** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-04-07** VOTE: Agree To (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-04-07** Governor's recommendation adopted
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- **2021-04-07** Reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Reenrolled bill text (SB1356ER2)
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- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Enacted, Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/21) `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42727a51-7a1a-4247-af22-ecccdd8c5671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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