SB 270 VA

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Recovery residences; regulations. Establishes certain requirements for recovery residences and directs the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Board) to promulgate regulations to establish minimum certification standards for recovery residences. The bill also requires that the regulations promulgated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) related to the certification of recovery residences include provisions that no recovery residence, or operator, employee, or agent of a recovery residence, may require a resident to participate in medical or psychological services, including clinical substance use treatment, that such recovery residence receives financial benefit from, either directly or indirectly, as a condition of entering or continuing residence at such recovery residence. The bill requires the Department to monitor credentialing agencies providing credentials to recovery residences to ensure criteria related to certification comply with regulations and specifies that no such credentialing agency shall provide credentials to a recovery residence that is owned or operated by an individual who is employed by or in a position of authority at such credentialing agency, or an immediate family member of any such individual. The bill also requires that referrals to recovery residences made by the Department, any agency of the Commonwealth, or by a court may only be made to recovery residences that are certified. This bill is identical to HB 931.

• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104739D · upper
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services · upper
3. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270) · upper
4. Feb 6, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 9, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107432D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270) · upper
8. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
12. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107884D-S2 · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute rejected · upper
15. Feb 16, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
17. Feb 16, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
18. Feb 16, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
19. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270) · upper
21. Feb 19, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
22. Feb 19, 2026 Read first time · lower
23. Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
24. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N 1-A) · lower
25. Feb 24, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108534D-H1 · lower
26. Feb 26, 2026 Read second time · lower
27. Feb 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270) · upper
28. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · lower
29. Feb 27, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
30. Feb 27, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
31. Feb 27, 2026 Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
32. Mar 3, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
33. Mar 4, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
34. Mar 4, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
35. Mar 6, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
36. Mar 6, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
37. Mar 6, 2026 Senate Conferees: VanValkenburg, Favola, Reeves · upper
38. Mar 11, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
39. Mar 11, 2026 House Conferees:Simon, Willett, Scott, P.A. · lower
40. Mar 12, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
41. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) · upper
42. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
43. Mar 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270) · upper
44. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
45. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB270ER) · upper
46. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
47. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB270) · upper
48. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
49. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
50. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
51. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · 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
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute · PDF
• Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute · HTML
• Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute · PDF
• Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML