republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2219.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing homes; truth in advertising for inspections, surveys, and investigations."
description: "Requires that if inspection, survey, or investigation data is used in an advertisement regarding nursing homes, the advertisement also include the following information: (i) the date on which the survey, inspection, or investigation was conducted; (ii) a statement that the facility is required to submit a plan of correction in response to any and all statements of deficiencies; (iii) if a finding or deficiency cited in a statement of deficiencies has been corrected, a statement that the finding or deficiency has been corrected and the date on which the finding or deficiency was corrected; and (iv) a statement that the advertisement publication is not authorized or endorsed by the Virginia Department of Health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Office of the Inspector General, or any other governmental agency. The bill provides that failure to include this required information constitutes a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also requires that such information be in the same font, color, and size as the other text in the advertisement. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2219"
citation: "Virginia HB 2219 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Trade and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5cbfd44-74f5-44fb-bb04-ebed9fe4760c"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2219"
source_hash: "c89dd7e2ae87e2f2b24923ada1151b509f218557b773e7d30a7ad521f7ce61db"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2219 (2019) — Nursing homes; truth in advertising for inspections, surveys, and investigations.

Requires that if inspection, survey, or investigation data is used in an advertisement regarding nursing homes, the advertisement also include the following information: (i) the date on which the survey, inspection, or investigation was conducted; (ii) a statement that the facility is required to submit a plan of correction in response to any and all statements of deficiencies; (iii) if a finding or deficiency cited in a statement of deficiencies has been corrected, a statement that the finding or deficiency has been corrected and the date on which the finding or deficiency was corrected; and (iv) a statement that the advertisement publication is not authorized or endorsed by the Virginia Department of Health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Office of the Inspector General, or any other governmental agency. The bill provides that failure to include this required information constitutes a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also requires that such information be in the same font, color, and size as the other text in the advertisement. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0291)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2219AH)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2219ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2219ER)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102129D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2219)
5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102129D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2219E)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House — **82–15** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102129D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Amendments by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2219E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19102129D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 15-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 291 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5cbfd44-74f5-44fb-bb04-ebed9fe4760c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).