republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-476.md

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Bill	Continuing care providers; quarterly meeting requirements.	Continuing care providers; quarterly meeting requirements. Amends the quarterly meeting requirements for continuing care facilities to provide that at least two of such meetings per year shall be open to all residents and that certain individuals shall participate in at least two of such meetings per year. The bill also requires, if requested by the resident council or a majority of the independent living residents of a continuing care facility, the provider to include as a participant in the meetings of its board of directors or other governing body a resident representative elected by a majority of such residents, who shall participate in a non-voting, advisory capacity. This bill is identical to SB 358.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 476	Virginia HB 476 (2026)	bill		enacted	Vivian E. Watts	8	43	10	2026-01-12	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/c8e0fd39-b09c-42de-8fc1-a522f6ddddb0	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB476	1686f61cb5639dfe2a4effc3d5a8f71f41a8426c8e025cf639402371dbca1ca3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 476 (2026) — Continuing care providers; quarterly meeting requirements.

Continuing care providers; quarterly meeting requirements. Amends the quarterly meeting requirements for continuing care facilities to provide that at least two of such meetings per year shall be open to all residents and that certain individuals shall participate in at least two of such meetings per year. The bill also requires, if requested by the resident council or a majority of the independent living residents of a continuing care facility, the provider to include as a participant in the meetings of its board of directors or other governing body a resident representative elected by a majority of such residents, who shall participate in a non-voting, advisory capacity. This bill is identical to SB 358.

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. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 83–14 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 85–10 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 3–96 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102489D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26107041D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-24 Committee substitute printed 26108394D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-25 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-25 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-26 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-02 Senate substitute rejected by House (3-Y 96-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB476)
• 2026-03-04 Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-04 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-06 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-06 Senate Conferees: McDougle, McPike, Bagby
• 2026-03-09 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-09 House Conferees: Watts, Willett, Walker
• 2026-03-12 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 10-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB476ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 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 620 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8e0fd39-b09c-42de-8fc1-a522f6ddddb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).