# Virginia HB1522: Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure, automated external defibrillators. Virginia HB1522, Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure, automated external defibrillators., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Garrett McGuire (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323)) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1522-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1522 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure, automated external defibrillators. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-26 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323) - Sponsor: Garrett McGuire (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 9 (302 yes, 13 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure; automated external defibrillators. Requires nursing homes and assisted living facilities to have and maintain an automated external defibrillator and have staff trained to use such automated external defibrillator. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Garrett McGuire (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-04 | House | Senate amendment agreed to by House | pass | 89 | 5 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Education and Health Amendment agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with amendment | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2026-02-16 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 91 | 6 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) | pass | 21 | 1 | | | 2026-02-05 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 9 | 1 | | ## Actions (35) - 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323) (Governor) - 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 323 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor) - 2026-03-14: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-14: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-12: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1522) (House) - 2026-03-11: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1522ER) (House) - 2026-03-11: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-11: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Senate amendment agreed to by House (89-Y 5-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-02: Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Education and Health Amendment agreed to (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate committee offered (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Assigned Education sub: Health (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1522) (House) - 2026-02-17: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-16: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-13: Engrossed by House as amended (House) - 2026-02-13: committee amendment agreed to (House) - 2026-02-13: Read second time (House) - 2026-02-12: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-10: Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) (House) - 2026-02-05: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-02-05: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) (House) - 2026-01-30: Assigned sub: Health Professions (House) - 2026-01-28: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1522) (House) - 2026-01-26: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House) - 2026-01-26: Presented and ordered printed 26105988D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217454.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217453.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199382.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199381.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-03-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189041.HTML) - Amendment, 2026-02-27: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186413.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182042.HTML) - Engrossed, 2026-02-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139859.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139858.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-02-10: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136731.HTML) - Amendment, 2026-02-05: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128147.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128638.HTML) - Introduced, 2026-01-26: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096588.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096587.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed) - HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed) - HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed) - HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217454.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217453.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199382.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199381.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189041.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186413.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182042.HTML) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139859.HTML) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139858.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136731.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128147.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128638.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096588.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096587.PDF) ## Related - [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026) - [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026) - [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1522-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).