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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nursing facilities; Joint Commission on Health Care shall evaluate workforce."
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description: "Joint Commission on Health Care; evaluation of workforce in Virginia nursing facilities. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to evaluate the workforce in Virginia's nursing facilities and to develop recommendations on several topics outlined in the bill. The bill requires the Joint Commission to report its findings to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2026."
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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 605"
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citation: "Virginia HB 605 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7592a1f3-82b4-4dba-a385-8e36de269e9b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB605"
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source_hash: "620eeca2ded8923c72a07143614b7eab692fe83d80a859d5c3f3394bd1cdae2d"
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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 605 (2026) — Nursing facilities; Joint Commission on Health Care shall evaluate workforce.
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Joint Commission on Health Care; evaluation of workforce in Virginia nursing facilities. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to evaluate the workforce in Virginia's nursing facilities and to develop recommendations on several topics outlined in the bill. The bill requires the Joint Commission to report its findings to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2026.
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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/1085145.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148704.PDF)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217838.PDF)
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4. **Health & Human Resources Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148126.PDF)
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5. **Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136507.PDF)
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6. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143310.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209046.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101934D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB605)
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute printed 26107613D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107976D-H2 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB605)
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute rejected
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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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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- **2026-02-27** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB605ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB605)
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- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)
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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/7592a1f3-82b4-4dba-a385-8e36de269e9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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