HB 796 VA

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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. 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 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.

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101807D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 4, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources · lower
8. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB796) · lower
9. Feb 11, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
10. Feb 11, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) · lower
11. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 2-N) · lower
12. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107685D-H1 · lower
13. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
15. Feb 16, 2026 committee amendments rejected · lower
16. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
17. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
18. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N 0-A) · lower
19. Feb 18, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB796) · lower
20. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
21. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
22. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
23. Mar 3, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
24. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
25. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
27. Mar 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109027D-S1 · upper
28. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
29. Mar 4, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
30. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
31. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 4, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (69-Y 26-N 0-A) · lower
33. Mar 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB796) · lower
34. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · lower
35. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB796ER) · lower
36. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB796) · lower
37. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
38. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
39. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
40. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
41. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Amendment · HTML
• General Laws Amendment · HTML
• Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML