republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-604.md

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Bill	Nursing, Board of; power and duty to prescribe minimum standards, etc., for educational programs.	Board of Nursing; education programs; oversight. Gives the Board of Nursing the power and duty to prescribe minimum standards and approve curricula for educational programs preparing persons for registration as a medication aide and to provide periodic surveys of training programs.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 604	Virginia HB 604 (2022)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Sickles	3	21	5	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/eae420cb-3e04-491b-a825-60f4b41ca3ec	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB604	80b0f6752146cc193a607ba554c22ded0d56542573e94892e648d61782b03b53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 604 (2022) — Nursing, Board of; power and duty to prescribe minimum standards, etc., for educational programs.

Board of Nursing; education programs; oversight. Gives the Board of Nursing the power and duty to prescribe minimum standards and approve curricula for educational programs preparing persons for registration as a medication aide and to provide periodic surveys of training programs.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0677 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB604ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102371D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102371D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2022-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB604)
• 2022-02-01 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-23 Enrolled
• 2022-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-23 Signed by President
• 2022-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB604ER)
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
• 2022-03-09 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eae420cb-3e04-491b-a825-60f4b41ca3ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).