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type: "Bill"
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title: "Regulatory boards; adjustment of fees, recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs, report."
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description: "Professions and occupations; adjustment of fees by regulatory boards; recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs. Repeals the provision of law that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) shows revenue to be a certain percentage greater than expenses, such regulatory board to distribute excess revenue to current regulants and reduce its licensure or certification fees so that fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill also repeals the provision with respect to the Department of Health Professions (DHP) that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board shows expenses allocated to it for the past biennium to be a certain percentage greater than moneys collected by the board, the board to revise its fees so that such fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill makes it permissive for the regulatory boards within DPOR and DHP to annually revise the fees levied by it for certification, licensure, registration, or permit and renewal so that the fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill specifies that each regulatory board must report such revisions to DPOR or DHP and requires each agency to report such revisions to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. Regulatory boards are also permitted to recover reasonable administrative costs associated with investigation, disciplinary proceedings, monitoring, and confirming compliance with any terms and conditions imposed from any person who is (i) licensed, registered, certified, or issued a multistate or compact licensure privilege by any regulatory or health regulatory board and (ii) issued a finding of a violation of law or regulation from such regulatory or health regulatory board. Such administrative costs shall not exceed $500 for regulatory boards within DPOR and $1,500 for health regulatory boards within DHP."
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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: "SB 680"
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citation: "Virginia SB 680 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5763e94-ab39-41b8-a5b5-e2fa3dd34a73"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB680"
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source_hash: "f6c686dbd1a38cb261e29eed57d9f46063bc8932b1c62d70fe8d2c1f14009c1e"
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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 SB 680 (2026) — Regulatory boards; adjustment of fees, recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs, report.
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Professions and occupations; adjustment of fees by regulatory boards; recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs. Repeals the provision of law that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) shows revenue to be a certain percentage greater than expenses, such regulatory board to distribute excess revenue to current regulants and reduce its licensure or certification fees so that fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill also repeals the provision with respect to the Department of Health Professions (DHP) that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board shows expenses allocated to it for the past biennium to be a certain percentage greater than moneys collected by the board, the board to revise its fees so that such fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill makes it permissive for the regulatory boards within DPOR and DHP to annually revise the fees levied by it for certification, licensure, registration, or permit and renewal so that the fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill specifies that each regulatory board must report such revisions to DPOR or DHP and requires each agency to report such revisions to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. Regulatory boards are also permitted to recover reasonable administrative costs associated with investigation, disciplinary proceedings, monitoring, and confirming compliance with any terms and conditions imposed from any person who is (i) licensed, registered, certified, or issued a multistate or compact licensure privilege by any regulatory or health regulatory board and (ii) issued a finding of a violation of law or regulation from such regulatory or health regulatory board. Such administrative costs shall not exceed $500 for regulatory boards within DPOR and $1,500 for health regulatory boards within DHP.
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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/1091930.PDF)
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2. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170625.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188637.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Concur House Substitute R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **76–22** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher T. Head — primary (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 26101808D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680)
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-11** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108260D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680)
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- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-24** Passed House with substitute (76-Y 22-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-27** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB680ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680)
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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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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 971 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/a5763e94-ab39-41b8-a5b5-e2fa3dd34a73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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