# Virginia HB1860: Nursing, Board of; waiver of regulations related to nursing faculty ratios. Virginia HB1860, Nursing, Board of; waiver of regulations related to nursing faculty ratios., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-03-18 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1860-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1860 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Nursing, Board of; waiver of regulations related to nursing faculty ratios. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-06 - Last action: 2025-03-18, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084) - Sponsor: Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (221 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Board of Nursing; faculty supervision of direct client care; faculty-to-student ratio. Directs the Board of Nursing to allow nursing education programs to apply for a waiver of the student-to-faculty ratios for direct client care. Under the bill, such waiver would permit a nursing education program to increase the ratio of students to faculty engaged in direct client care from 10 students per faculty member up to, but not to exceed, 15 students per faculty member. Current regulations permit faculty to supervise up to 10 students providing such care per faculty member without the utilization of a preceptor. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-17 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-01-27 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-01-16 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (32) - 2025-03-18: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084) (Governor) - 2025-03-18: Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860) (House) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1860ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-18: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-24: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2025-01-24: Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-01-24: Read second time (House) - 2025-01-23: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-21: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860) (House) - 2025-01-21: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-21: Committee substitute printed 25104897D-H1 (House) - 2025-01-17: Assigned sub: Health Professions (House) - 2025-01-16: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-15: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860) (House) - 2025-01-14: Assigned sub: Health Professions (House) - 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House) - 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103137D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-18: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071167.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071166.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060918.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060917.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021448.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021447.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013526.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013525.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071167.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071166.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060918.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060917.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021448.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021447.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013526.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013525.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [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-HB1860-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).