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Bill Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers. Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements. Expands the reporting requirements for incidents of workplace violence in hospitals with an emergency department by requiring additional descriptors of incidents, requiring hospitals to report collected data to additional parties, and directing the Department of Health to publish a report containing an annual summary of such data. The bill directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of the bill by January 1, 2027, and directs the Department of Health to publish its first report by December 31, 2027. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 1489 Virginia HB 1489 (2026)
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Virginia HB 1489 (2026) — Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.

Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements. Expands the reporting requirements for incidents of workplace violence in hospitals with an emergency department by requiring additional descriptors of incidents, requiring hospitals to report collected data to additional parties, and directing the Department of Health to publish a report containing an annual summary of such data. The bill directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of the bill by January 1, 2027, and directs the Department of Health to publish its first report by December 31, 2027.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health and Human Services — 220 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26105576D introduction
  • 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1489)
  • 2026-01-30 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2026-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-02-10 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-12 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-13 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2026-02-16 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-24 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-09 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1489ER) passage
  • 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1489)
  • 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-09 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 320 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b78cbdb5-3ffc-4970-8598-986b2d968689. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).