republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-479.md

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Bill	Prisoner; physical examination by licensed nurse practitioner.	Physical examination of prisoner; licensed nurse practitioner; licensed physician assistant. Provides that each person received by the Department of Corrections shall be examined by a licensed physician, licensed nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant upon his arrival, within 30 days prior to any work assignment in food services, medical services, or cosmetological services or a change in work assignment, and at such other times thereafter as may be deemed necessary. Under current law, such examination may be performed only by a licensed physician.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 479	Virginia HB 479 (2024)	bill		enacted	Carrie E. Coyner	4	34	7	2024-01-08	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d07e1a38-1836-4f61-9947-0b9fcaab1a14	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB479	5125c5ea5f95aa4855223a15fee47f8301239e7f4f5a4793e2a611150cd3699c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 479 (2024) — Prisoner; physical examination by licensed nurse practitioner.

Physical examination of prisoner; licensed nurse practitioner; licensed physician assistant. Provides that each person received by the Department of Corrections shall be examined by a licensed physician, licensed nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant upon his arrival, within 30 days prior to any work assignment in food services, medical services, or cosmetological services or a change in work assignment, and at such other times thereafter as may be deemed necessary. Under current law, such examination may be performed only by a licensed physician.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0193 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB479ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102136D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24102136D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102136D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-26 Engrossed by House as amended HB479E
• 2024-01-26 Printed as engrossed 24102136D-E
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB479E)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-27 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-27 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-29 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB479ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB479ER)
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 193 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d07e1a38-1836-4f61-9947-0b9fcaab1a14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).