republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-535.md

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Bill	Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage.	Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage. Provides that the regulations of the Board of Health shall require purchasers of licensed nursing homes or certified nursing facilities with claims-made policies of liability insurance coverage to purchase an extended reporting endorsement of two years after the date of sale or to purchase liability insurance coverage with dates that begin two years prior to the date the existing owner's policies end.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 535	Virginia SB 535 (2026)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	8	37	7	2026-01-13	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/1e64a46d-fb42-4b16-8a05-520345d09e69	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB535	47df857f6baf2bf92dd731b675b9b1661bbd01a4bd8af9c2cd1aaae8666be800	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 535 (2026) — Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage.

Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage. Provides that the regulations of the Board of Health shall require purchasers of licensed nursing homes or certified nursing facilities with claims-made policies of liability insurance coverage to purchase an extended reporting endorsement of two years after the date of sale or to purchase liability insurance coverage with dates that begin two years prior to the date the existing owner's policies end.

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

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with amendments — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Concur House Amendment R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100781D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB535)
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-09 Education and Health Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB535)
• 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-27 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-27 Passed House with amendment (95-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-03 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-09 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB535ER) passage
• 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB535)
• 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 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
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 505 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0505)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e64a46d-fb42-4b16-8a05-520345d09e69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).