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| Bill | Autism Competencies Checklist; positive behavior support facilitators, training. | Department of Medical Assistance Services; Autism Competencies Checklist; positive behavior support facilitators; training. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend its regulations relating to the Autism Competencies Checklist to allow positive behavior support facilitators to conduct training sessions on such competencies for direct support professionals and direct support professional supervisors who provide support for individuals with developmental disabilities. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 469 | Virginia HB 469 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 469 (2026) — Autism Competencies Checklist; positive behavior support facilitators, training.
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Autism Competencies Checklist; positive behavior support facilitators; training. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend its regulations relating to the Autism Competencies Checklist to allow positive behavior support facilitators to conduct training sessions on such competencies for direct support professionals and direct support professional supervisors who provide support for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Health and Human Services — 18–4 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 74–24 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101654D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Social Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB469)
- 2026-01-27 Reported from Health and Human Services (18-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-30 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
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 - 2026-03-05 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB469ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-05 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB469)
- 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 150 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0150)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef566168-1012-44ba-8d28-7ae7baee71ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).