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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nursing facilities; use of electronic monitoring devices in resident rooms."
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description: "Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring in resident rooms. Permits residents of nursing facilities to have electronic monitoring devices placed in their rooms. The bill defines \"electronic monitoring\" as the use of a surveillance device with a fixed position video camera or audio recording device, or combination thereof, that is installed in a resident's room and broadcasts or records activities or sounds occurring within the confines of the room. The bill contains several provisions establishing the requirements for the placement and utilization of any such electronic monitoring device in any resident's room, including requirements relating to ensuring that residents or their legal representatives and residents' roommates or their legal representatives consent to the placement and utilization of electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. The bill directs the Virginia Board of Health to promulgate regulations consistent with the bill, and the provisions of the bill become effective when such regulations become effective."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 821"
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citation: "Virginia SB 821 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christie New Craig"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-12-31"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48909eca-c830-4722-bcc9-6c2c06fd5d0f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB821"
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source_hash: "cf1811442c567c6bd68a42729aa1e8614d7de90a310f2c50d2e61c5f09306d97"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 821 (2025) — Nursing facilities; use of electronic monitoring devices in resident rooms.
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Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring in resident rooms. Permits residents of nursing facilities to have electronic monitoring devices placed in their rooms. The bill defines "electronic monitoring" as the use of a surveillance device with a fixed position video camera or audio recording device, or combination thereof, that is installed in a resident's room and broadcasts or records activities or sounds occurring within the confines of the room. The bill contains several provisions establishing the requirements for the placement and utilization of any such electronic monitoring device in any resident's room, including requirements relating to ensuring that residents or their legal representatives and residents' roommates or their legal representatives consent to the placement and utilization of electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. The bill directs the Virginia Board of Health to promulgate regulations consistent with the bill, and the provisions of the bill become effective when such regulations become effective.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012070.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074382.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027576.PDF)
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4. **Health and Human Services Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047653.PDF)
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5. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050156.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066345.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christie New Craig — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101605D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-12-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB821)
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- **2025-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Committee substitute printed 25105237D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-24** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-01-27** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB821)
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- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-04** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25107428D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB821)
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- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB821ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB821)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 432 (Effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0432)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48909eca-c830-4722-bcc9-6c2c06fd5d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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