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type: "Bill"
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title: "Peer recovery specialists; VDH & DOC to develop guidelines for hiring."
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description: "Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists. Directs the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Corrections to develop agency guidelines for hiring peer recovery specialists with previous criminal convictions for compensated employment. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to SB 608."
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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 209"
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citation: "Virginia HB 209 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-07"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfcdadf2-0dab-4e46-91ce-008c349bf26e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB209"
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source_hash: "1c3c0a5a233a51658761d10f5fdf67791965454e5918f949169bca5cfd852638"
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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 209 (2026) — Peer recovery specialists; VDH & DOC to develop guidelines for hiring.
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Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists. Directs the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Corrections to develop agency guidelines for hiring peer recovery specialists with previous criminal convictions for compensated employment. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to SB 608.
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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/1083090.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216311.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145672.PDF)
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4. **Health Professions Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136499.HTML)
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5. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143283.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197806.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Rereferred from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — 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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- **2026-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102528D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
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- **2026-02-10** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-02** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB209ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)
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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/bfcdadf2-0dab-4e46-91ce-008c349bf26e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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