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type: "Bill"
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title: "Advanced registered medication aides; administration of drugs."
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description: "Advanced registered medication aides; administration of drugs. Specifies that advanced registered medication aides may administer drugs to long-term care residents who do not have a clinical condition that requires evaluation by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse for the administration of medications. The bill also limits the practice of advanced registered medication aides to nursing homes licensed by the Department of Health and permits advanced registered medication aides to administer drugs determined permissible by the Board of Nursing. The bill directs the Department of Health, the Board of Nursing, and the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations to be effective as of December 15, 2025, pertaining to the administration of drugs to residents in nursing homes by advanced registered medication aides."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2468"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2468 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rozia A. Henson, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e4ddc42-5cb0-4daa-88e2-b7dfacc6f3ce"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2468"
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source_hash: "a7829d6914fa6e89a7530ad0df9e6ffee582ba9ea740bf67454bc7f6c1a73f09"
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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 2468 (2025) — Advanced registered medication aides; administration of drugs.
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Advanced registered medication aides; administration of drugs. Specifies that advanced registered medication aides may administer drugs to long-term care residents who do not have a clinical condition that requires evaluation by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse for the administration of medications. The bill also limits the practice of advanced registered medication aides to nursing homes licensed by the Department of Health and permits advanced registered medication aides to administer drugs determined permissible by the Board of Nursing. The bill directs the Department of Health, the Board of Nursing, and the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations to be effective as of December 15, 2025, pertaining to the administration of drugs to residents in nursing homes by advanced registered medication aides.
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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/1016414.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072838.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032987.PDF)
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4. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031259.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061423.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101228D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2468)
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- **2025-01-28** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** Health and Human Services Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-01-31** Printed as engrossed 25101228D-E
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2468)
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- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2468ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2468)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)
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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/8e4ddc42-5cb0-4daa-88e2-b7dfacc6f3ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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