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Bill	Certified violence prevention professional; clarifies definition, requirements for certification.	Certified violence prevention professional; certification. Establishes requirements for use of the title "certified violence prevention professional" and directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations setting forth (i) requirements for use of the title, (ii) requirements for education and training programs necessary to meet the requirements for certification, (iii) qualifications for training entities, (iv) limitations on the number of approved training entities, and (v) other regulations as deemed necessary.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1523	Virginia HB 1523 (2026)	bill		enacted	Garrett McGuire	5	37	7	2026-01-26	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1dee97e5-612f-47f3-bec5-93b446ea95f6	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1523	2fedbd6076a834515c00d32e6ec26b3a5715ab052914dd82c52b7c5aa48242f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1523 (2026) — Certified violence prevention professional; clarifies definition, requirements for certification.

Certified violence prevention professional; certification. Establishes requirements for use of the title "certified violence prevention professional" and directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations setting forth (i) requirements for use of the title, (ii) requirements for education and training programs necessary to meet the requirements for certification, (iii) qualifications for training entities, (iv) limitations on the number of approved training entities, and (v) other regulations as deemed necessary.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 28–12 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 64–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 16–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Garrett McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-26 Presented and ordered printed 26103310D introduction
• 2026-01-26 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N)
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1523)
• 2026-02-10 House committee offered
• 2026-02-10 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1523)
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Senate committee offered
• 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26109109D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1523)
• 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 12-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1523ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1523)
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 872 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1dee97e5-612f-47f3-bec5-93b446ea95f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).