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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers."
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description: "Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements. Expands the reporting requirements for incidents of workplace violence in hospitals with an emergency department by requiring additional descriptors of incidents, requiring hospitals to report collected data to additional parties, and directing the Department of Health to publish a report containing an annual summary of such data. The bill directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of the bill by January 1, 2027, and directs the Department of Health to publish its first report by December 31, 2027."
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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 1489"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1489 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b78cbdb5-3ffc-4970-8598-986b2d968689"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1489"
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source_hash: "998c924ff11cd964880e69526a14d9054de098981c666c7ab981a725e09d1ac9"
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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 1489 (2026) — Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.
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Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements. Expands the reporting requirements for incidents of workplace violence in hospitals with an emergency department by requiring additional descriptors of incidents, requiring hospitals to report collected data to additional parties, and directing the Department of Health to publish a report containing an annual summary of such data. The bill directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of the bill by January 1, 2027, and directs the Department of Health to publish its first report by December 31, 2027.
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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/1095534.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217418.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194301.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26105576D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1489)
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- **2026-01-30** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-02-16** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1489ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1489)
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** 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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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 320 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320)
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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/b78cbdb5-3ffc-4970-8598-986b2d968689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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