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| Bill | Regulatory boards; adjustment of fees, recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs, report. | Professions and occupations; adjustment of fees by regulatory boards; recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs. Repeals the provision of law that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) shows revenue to be a certain percentage greater than expenses, such regulatory board to distribute excess revenue to current regulants and reduce its licensure or certification fees so that fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill also repeals the provision with respect to the Department of Health Professions (DHP) that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board shows expenses allocated to it for the past biennium to be a certain percentage greater than moneys collected by the board, the board to revise its fees so that such fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill makes it permissive for the regulatory boards within DPOR and DHP to annually revise the fees levied by it for certification, licensure, registration, or permit and renewal so that the fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill specifies that each regulatory board must report such revisions to DPOR or DHP and requires each agency to report such revisions to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. Regulatory boards are also permitted to recover reasonable administrative costs associated with investigation, disciplinary proceedings, monitoring, and confirming compliance with any terms and conditions imposed from any person who is (i) licensed, registered, certified, or issued a multistate or compact licensure privilege by any regulatory or health regulatory board and (ii) issued a finding of a violation of law or regulation from such regulatory or health regulatory board. Such administrative costs shall not exceed $500 for regulatory boards within DPOR and $1,500 for health regulatory boards within DHP. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 680 | Virginia SB 680 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 680 (2026) — Regulatory boards; adjustment of fees, recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs, report.
Professions and occupations; adjustment of fees by regulatory boards; recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs. Repeals the provision of law that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) shows revenue to be a certain percentage greater than expenses, such regulatory board to distribute excess revenue to current regulants and reduce its licensure or certification fees so that fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill also repeals the provision with respect to the Department of Health Professions (DHP) that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board shows expenses allocated to it for the past biennium to be a certain percentage greater than moneys collected by the board, the board to revise its fees so that such fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill makes it permissive for the regulatory boards within DPOR and DHP to annually revise the fees levied by it for certification, licensure, registration, or permit and renewal so that the fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill specifies that each regulatory board must report such revisions to DPOR or DHP and requires each agency to report such revisions to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. Regulatory boards are also permitted to recover reasonable administrative costs associated with investigation, disciplinary proceedings, monitoring, and confirming compliance with any terms and conditions imposed from any person who is (i) licensed, registered, certified, or issued a multistate or compact licensure privilege by any regulatory or health regulatory board and (ii) issued a finding of a violation of law or regulation from such regulatory or health regulatory board. Such administrative costs shall not exceed $500 for regulatory boards within DPOR and $1,500 for health regulatory boards within DHP.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Concur House Substitute R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 76–22 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101808D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-02-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680)
- 2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 House committee offered
- 2026-02-19 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108260D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680)
- 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-24 Passed House with substitute (76-Y 22-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-27 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB680ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680)
- 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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 971 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5763e94-ab39-41b8-a5b5-e2fa3dd34a73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).