# Virginia HB2255: Hospitals and nursing homes; licensure and inspection fees.

Virginia HB2255, Hospitals and nursing homes; licensure and inspection fees., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. (Republican); status to governor, last action 2025-03-21 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB2255
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Hospitals and nursing homes; licensure and inspection fees.
- Status: to governor
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-03-21, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)
- Sponsor: H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 9 (355 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Hospitals and nursing homes; licensure and inspection fees; Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection Program Fund established. Directs the State Board of Health to require in its regulations the establishment of fees for the issuance, change, or renewal of a hospital or nursing home license to cover the costs of operating the hospital and nursing home licensure and inspection program in a manner that ensures timely completion of inspections. The bill requires the Board to distribute the costs of operating the hospital and nursing home licensure and inspection program in an equitable manner across all hospitals and nursing homes and specifies that the amount of such fees shall change no more frequently than annually. Such fee changes shall only be initiated under the bill if the expenses are more than 10 percent greater or less than the annual costs of operating the licensure and inspection program in a manner that ensures timely completion of inspections. The bill also creates the Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection Program Fund to be used for the purposes of supporting the activities of the licensure and inspections requirements administered pursuant to current law. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill related to the establishment of such fees and specifies that the provisions pertaining to the creation of the Fund shall not become effective until the Board adopts such emergency regulations. This bill is identical to SB 1484.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. (Republican), 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 |   |
| 2025-02-14 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (36)

- 2025-03-21: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254) (Governor)
- 2025-03-21: Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (Effective - see bill) (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 (HB2255) (House)
- 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2255ER) (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) (39-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Assigned Education sub: Health (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House)
- 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-03: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2025-02-03: Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to (House)
- 2025-02-03: Read second time (House)
- 2025-02-02: Read first time (House)
- 2025-01-31: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2255) (House)
- 2025-01-31: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-30: Committee substitute printed 25106494D-H1 (House)
- 2025-01-30: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-30: Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources (House)
- 2025-01-28: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2255) (House)
- 2025-01-20: Assigned sub: Health (House)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104480D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2025-03-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072932.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072931.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061306.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061305.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034874.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034582.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034581.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034873.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031404.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031403.PDF)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015748.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015747.PDF)

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- 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/1072932.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072931.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061306.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061305.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034874.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034582.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034581.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034873.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031404.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031403.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015748.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015747.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2255-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).