SB 22 VA

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Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; continuing education; bias reduction training. Directs the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require certain licensees to complete continuing learning activities on implicit and explicit bias reduction in health care as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure and authorizes the Board of Nursing to require certain continuing learning activities or courses in a specific subject area. Under current law, the Board of Medicine has such authority.

• Mamie E. Locke Democratic · primary

1. Nov 17, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100549D · upper
2. Nov 17, 2025 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB22) · upper
4. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions · upper
5. Jan 23, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
6. Jan 29, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
7. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 2-N) · upper
8. Jan 30, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Jan 30, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Jan 30, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Jan 30, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105758D-S1 · upper
12. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Feb 2, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 8-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 6, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
17. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
18. Feb 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
19. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB22) · upper
20. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services (15-Y 6-N) · lower
21. Feb 23, 2026 Read second time · lower
22. Feb 24, 2026 Read third time · lower
23. Feb 24, 2026 Passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
24. Feb 26, 2026 Enrolled · upper
25. Feb 26, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB22ER) · upper
26. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB22) · upper
27. Feb 26, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
28. Feb 26, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 451 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451) · 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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
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