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| Bill | Practical nursing programs, certain; transferability to registered nursing programs, etc. | Certain practical nursing programs; common curriculum; transferability to registered nursing programs; pathway of stackable credentials. Requires the Virginia Community College System, in consultation with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Board of Nursing, and representatives from associate-degree-granting public institutions of higher education that offer nursing programs, to develop a common curriculum for practical nursing programs that shall be implemented at each comprehensive community college in the System that offers a practical nursing program. The bill requires such common curriculum, to the extent possible, to (i) align with the degree requirements for registered nursing programs offered at associate-degree-granting public institutions of higher education and (ii) be transferable to each registered nursing program offered at an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education. The bill requires each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education that offers a registered nursing degree program to participate in a practical nursing program to registered nursing program transfer agreement with the System that aligns with the practical nursing program common curriculum established pursuant to the bill and permits any private institution of higher education that offers a registered nursing degree program to be consulted regarding and participate on a voluntary basis in such a transfer agreement. The bill also (a) requires the System to establish a pathway of stackable nursing credentials that consists of a practical nursing to associate registered nursing to bachelor of science in nursing program pathway; (b) directs the System to develop and implement the common curriculum for practical nursing programs by July 1, 2026; and (c) directs the System to submit a progress report to the chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by December 1, 2025. The provisions of the bill relating to the development of the common curriculum for practical nursing programs have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 953. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2548 | Virginia HB 2548 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2548 (2025) — Practical nursing programs, certain; transferability to registered nursing programs, etc.
Certain practical nursing programs; common curriculum; transferability to registered nursing programs; pathway of stackable credentials. Requires the Virginia Community College System, in consultation with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Board of Nursing, and representatives from associate-degree-granting public institutions of higher education that offer nursing programs, to develop a common curriculum for practical nursing programs that shall be implemented at each comprehensive community college in the System that offers a practical nursing program. The bill requires such common curriculum, to the extent possible, to (i) align with the degree requirements for registered nursing programs offered at associate-degree-granting public institutions of higher education and (ii) be transferable to each registered nursing program offered at an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education. The bill requires each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education that offers a registered nursing degree program to participate in a practical nursing program to registered nursing program transfer agreement with the System that aligns with the practical nursing program common curriculum established pursuant to the bill and permits any private institution of higher education that offers a registered nursing degree program to be consulted regarding and participate on a voluntary basis in such a transfer agreement. The bill also (a) requires the System to establish a pathway of stackable nursing credentials that consists of a practical nursing to associate registered nursing to bachelor of science in nursing program pathway; (b) directs the System to develop and implement the common curriculum for practical nursing programs by July 1, 2026; and (c) directs the System to submit a progress report to the chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by December 1, 2025. The provisions of the bill relating to the development of the common curriculum for practical nursing programs have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 953.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Senator Favola, Barbara A. Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104272D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2548)
- 2025-01-23 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Education Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25104272D-E
- 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-02-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2548)
- 2025-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107033D-S1
substitution - 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Committee substitute printed 25107598D-S2
substitution - 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2548)
- 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-18 Education and Health Substitute rejected
- 2025-02-18 Finance and Appropriations Substitute rejected
- 2025-02-18 Floor substitute printed 25107726D-S3 (Favola)
- 2025-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
- 2025-02-18 Senator Favola, Barbara A. Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
- 2025-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2548)
- 2025-02-19 Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2548ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2548)
- 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (Effective 07/01/26)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1241947d-0fed-48df-8127-c4b01ae8352d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).