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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training."
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description: "Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; continuing education; bias reduction training. Directs the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require certain licensees to complete continuing learning activities on bias reduction in health care as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure and authorizes the Board of Nursing to require certain continuing learning activities or courses in a specific subject area. Under current law, the Board of Medicine has such authority. This bill is identical to SB 22."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1147"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1147 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2cb7f8e-2958-445d-a9e4-c965da858f1d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1147"
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source_hash: "b724cfde6dd1ba32dbf01e1ce84901b5cf1b13e8e8d414c193bd9ce897fc7e20"
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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 HB 1147 (2026) — Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training.
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Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; continuing education; bias reduction training. Directs the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require certain licensees to complete continuing learning activities on bias reduction in health care as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure and authorizes the Board of Nursing to require certain continuing learning activities or courses in a specific subject area. Under current law, the Board of Medicine has such authority. This bill is identical to SB 22.
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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/1088358.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217834.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170651.PDF)
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4. **Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101773.PDF)
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5. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1114609.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181561.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **64–33** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **63–35** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **29–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104823D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1147)
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Committee substitute printed 26105709D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1147)
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108181D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1147)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1147ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1147)
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 450 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450)
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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/b2cb7f8e-2958-445d-a9e4-c965da858f1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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