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Bill Peer recovery specialists; VDH & DOC to develop guidelines for hiring. Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists. Directs the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Corrections to develop agency guidelines for hiring peer recovery specialists with previous criminal convictions for compensated employment. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to SB 608. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 209 Virginia HB 209 (2026)
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Virginia HB 209 (2026) — Peer recovery specialists; VDH & DOC to develop guidelines for hiring.

Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists. Directs the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Corrections to develop agency guidelines for hiring peer recovery specialists with previous criminal convictions for compensated employment. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to SB 608.

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. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. Health Professions Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  5. Health and Human Services Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Rereferred from Education and Health — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 210 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
  • Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
  • Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102528D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2026-01-16 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
  • 2026-02-10 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-02-12 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
  • 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-26 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) referral-committee
  • 2026-02-27 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-02 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-02 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-03 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-03 Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB209ER) passage
  • 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfcdadf2-0dab-4e46-91ce-008c349bf26e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).