republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-821.md

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Bill	Nursing facilities; use of electronic monitoring devices in resident rooms.	Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring in resident rooms. Permits residents of nursing facilities to have electronic monitoring devices placed in their rooms. The bill defines "electronic monitoring" as the use of a surveillance device with a fixed position video camera or audio recording device, or combination thereof, that is installed in a resident's room and broadcasts or records activities or sounds occurring within the confines of the room. The bill contains several provisions establishing the requirements for the placement and utilization of any such electronic monitoring device in any resident's room, including requirements relating to ensuring that residents or their legal representatives and residents' roommates or their legal representatives consent to the placement and utilization of electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. The bill directs the Virginia Board of Health to promulgate regulations consistent with the bill, and the provisions of the bill become effective when such regulations become effective.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 821	Virginia SB 821 (2025)	bill		enacted	Christie New Craig	6	38	7	2024-12-31	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/48909eca-c830-4722-bcc9-6c2c06fd5d0f	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB821	cf1811442c567c6bd68a42729aa1e8614d7de90a310f2c50d2e61c5f09306d97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 821 (2025) — Nursing facilities; use of electronic monitoring devices in resident rooms.

Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring in resident rooms. Permits residents of nursing facilities to have electronic monitoring devices placed in their rooms. The bill defines "electronic monitoring" as the use of a surveillance device with a fixed position video camera or audio recording device, or combination thereof, that is installed in a resident's room and broadcasts or records activities or sounds occurring within the confines of the room. The bill contains several provisions establishing the requirements for the placement and utilization of any such electronic monitoring device in any resident's room, including requirements relating to ensuring that residents or their legal representatives and residents' roommates or their legal representatives consent to the placement and utilization of electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. The bill directs the Virginia Board of Health to promulgate regulations consistent with the bill, and the provisions of the bill become effective when such regulations become effective.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Health and Human Services Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christie New Craig — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101605D filing, introduction
• 2024-12-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB821)
• 2025-01-17 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25105237D-S1 substitution
• 2025-01-24 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-24 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-01-27 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB821)
• 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2025-02-13 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107428D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB821)
• 2025-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-18 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-18 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-19 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB821ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB821)
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 432 (Effective - see bill) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0432)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48909eca-c830-4722-bcc9-6c2c06fd5d0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).