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Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements. Expands the reporting requirements for incidents of workplace violence in hospitals with an emergency department by requiring additional descriptors of incidents, requiring hospitals to report collected data to additional parties, and directing the Department of Health to publish a report containing an annual summary of such data. The bill directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of the bill by January 1, 2027, and directs the Department of Health to publish its first report by December 31, 2027.
Introduced
Jan 23, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 4 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1489)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1489ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
Assigned sub: Health Professions
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1489)
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Presented and ordered printed 26105576D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Kathy K.L. Tran