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| Bill | Nursing facilities; Joint Commission on Health Care shall evaluate workforce. | Joint Commission on Health Care; evaluation of workforce in Virginia nursing facilities. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to evaluate the workforce in Virginia's nursing facilities and to develop recommendations on several topics outlined in the bill. The bill requires the Joint Commission to report its findings to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2026. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 605 | Virginia HB 605 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 605 (2026) — Nursing facilities; Joint Commission on Health Care shall evaluate workforce.
Joint Commission on Health Care; evaluation of workforce in Virginia nursing facilities. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to evaluate the workforce in Virginia's nursing facilities and to develop recommendations on several topics outlined in the bill. The bill requires the Joint Commission to report its findings to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2026.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Health & Human Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101934D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-02-10 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB605)
- 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26107613D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-12 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-12 Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-13 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107976D-H2
substitution - 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB605)
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute rejected
- 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 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 - 2026-02-27 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 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 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB605ER)
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB605)
- 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7592a1f3-82b4-4dba-a385-8e36de269e9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).