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type: "Bill"
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title: "Continuing care providers; quarterly meeting requirements."
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description: "Continuing care providers; quarterly meeting requirements. Amends the quarterly meeting requirements for continuing care facilities to provide that at least two of such meetings per year shall be open to all residents and that certain individuals shall participate in at least two of such meetings per year. The bill also requires, if requested by the resident council or a majority of the independent living residents of a continuing care facility, the provider to include as a participant in the meetings of its board of directors or other governing body a resident representative elected by a majority of such residents, who shall participate in a non-voting, advisory capacity. This bill is identical to SB 358."
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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 476"
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citation: "Virginia HB 476 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Vivian E. Watts"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8e0fd39-b09c-42de-8fc1-a522f6ddddb0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB476"
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source_hash: "1686f61cb5639dfe2a4effc3d5a8f71f41a8426c8e025cf639402371dbca1ca3"
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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 476 (2026) — Continuing care providers; quarterly meeting requirements.
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Continuing care providers; quarterly meeting requirements. Amends the quarterly meeting requirements for continuing care facilities to provide that at least two of such meetings per year shall be open to all residents and that certain individuals shall participate in at least two of such meetings per year. The bill also requires, if requested by the resident council or a majority of the independent living residents of a continuing care facility, the provider to include as a participant in the meetings of its board of directors or other governing body a resident representative elected by a majority of such residents, who shall participate in a non-voting, advisory capacity. This bill is identical to SB 358.
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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/1084592.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221533.PDF)
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3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177693.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209274.HTML)
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5. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209270.PDF)
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6. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1129882.PDF)
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7. **Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115864.PDF)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213617.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **83–14** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **85–10** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **3–96** (fail) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102489D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26107041D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Committee substitute printed 26108394D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-25** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-25** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Senate substitute rejected by House (3-Y 96-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB476)
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- **2026-03-04** Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-04** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-06** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Conferees: McDougle, McPike, Bagby
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- **2026-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-09** House Conferees: Watts, Willett, Walker
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- **2026-03-12** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 10-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB476ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 620 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620)
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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/c8e0fd39-b09c-42de-8fc1-a522f6ddddb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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