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HB 1139 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Medicine, Board of; membership, removal of residence requirements.

Summary
Board of Medicine; membership; removal of residence requirements. Removes the requirement that the Board of Medicine have one physician from each congressional district and instead requires that 11 physicians be on the Board. The bill removes references to change of residence provisions for physician Board members.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 1 edit · Mar 31, 2026
MINOR
The bill progressed from introduction to final enrollment without any substantive changes to the law. The text of HB 1139, which removes residence requirements for medical physicians on the Board of Medicine, remains identical in both versions. The differences observed are purely formatting artifacts, such as page breaks, headers, and line numbers, rather than policy modifications.
TECHNICAL

The only changes are formatting artifacts including page breaks, headers, and line numbers; no policy, eligibility, or procedural text was added, removed, or modified.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 9, 2026

How they voted

36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Feb 27, 2026
D Democratic20
18 Yea 2
90% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 741 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1139ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned sub: Health Professions
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.