SB 680 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. 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.

• Christopher T. Head Republican · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101808D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
3. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
4. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680) · upper
5. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
12. Feb 19, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
13. Feb 19, 2026 Read first time · lower
14. Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
15. Feb 19, 2026 House committee offered · lower
16. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
17. Feb 19, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108260D-H1 · lower
18. Feb 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680) · upper
19. Feb 23, 2026 Read second time · lower
20. Feb 24, 2026 Read third time · lower
21. Feb 24, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
22. Feb 24, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
23. Feb 24, 2026 Passed House with substitute (76-Y 22-N 0-A) · lower
24. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
25. Feb 27, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 4, 2026 Enrolled · upper
27. Mar 4, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB680ER) · upper
28. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
29. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by President · upper
30. Mar 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB680) · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
33. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 971 (effective 7/1/2026) · 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.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML