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type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites."
description: "Board of Nursing; certain students in nursingeducation programs; out-of-state clinical sites. Directs theBoard of Nursing to amend its regulations to permit students in nursing education programs in the Commonwealth who live within 60 miles ofa bordering state or the District of Columbia to complete an unlimitednumber of required clinical hours at out-of-state clinical sites.The bill requires the regulations to specify that the Board mustaccept such hours for licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 553"
citation: "Virginia SB 553 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Travis Hackworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/284f20c2-d992-4c9d-b967-81c871d866a3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB553"
source_hash: "fc41c570d09e6c5dcf072ec90042ee10bdbb9829ca0f53c56442ae0aced691c9"
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 553 (2024) — Nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites.
Board of Nursing; certain students in nursingeducation programs; out-of-state clinical sites. Directs theBoard of Nursing to amend its regulations to permit students in nursing education programs in the Commonwealth who live within 60 miles ofa bordering state or the District of Columbia to complete an unlimitednumber of required clinical hours at out-of-state clinical sites.The bill requires the regulations to specify that the Board mustaccept such hours for licensure.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0425)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106163D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB553S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100907D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB553)
4. **SB553ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB553ER)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)
- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100907D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB553)
- **2024-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106163D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24106163D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB553S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB553S1)
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB553ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB553ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 425 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/284f20c2-d992-4c9d-b967-81c871d866a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).