Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage.
Summary
Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage. Provides that the regulations of the Board of Health shall require purchasers of licensed nursing homes or certified nursing facilities with claims-made policies of liability insurance coverage to purchase an extended reporting endorsement of two years after the date of sale or to purchase liability insurance coverage with dates that begin two years prior to the date the existing owner's policies end.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Signed Apr 8, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 505 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy text regarding nursing home regulations and liability insurance remained unchanged; the only modifications were the addition of official approval dates and chapter numbers to convert the draft bill into a permanent statute.
TECHNICAL
Added official chapter number (Chapter 505) and approval date (April 8, 2026) to the document header, converting the bill from a draft proposal to an enacted law.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Feb 6, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
16
Committee
9
Amendments
5
Apr 8, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 505 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB535ER)
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (95-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Committee
Assigned sub: Health Professions
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Education and Health Amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee offered
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
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