# Virginia HB2269: Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.

Virginia HB2269, Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kathy K.L. Tran (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-03-24 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB2269
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.
- Status: to governor
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-03-24, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)
- Sponsor: Kathy K.L. Tran (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (416 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers. Requires hospitals in the Commonwealth to establish a workplace violence incident reporting system to document, track, and analyze any incident of workplace violence reported. The bill requires each hospital to (i) report the data collected via the reporting system to the chief medical officer and the chief nursing officer of such hospital on, at minimum, a quarterly basis and (ii) send a report to the Department of Health on an annual basis that includes, at a minimum, the number of incidents of workplace violence voluntarily reported by an employee. The bill also requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, in collaboration with the Department of Criminal Justice Services, to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of making recommendations on the workplace violence system and policies adopted pursuant to the bill. This bill is identical to SB 1260.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kathy K.L. Tran (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-19 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute 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 with substitute | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute | pass | 21 | 0 |   |

## Actions (39)

- 2025-03-24: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457) (Governor)
- 2025-03-24: Approved by Governor-Chapter 457 (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 (HB2269) (House)
- 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2269ER) (House)
- 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House)
- 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-02-19: Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-18: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Education and Health Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Read third time (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Reading of substitute waived (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)
- 2025-02-14: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2269) (House)
- 2025-02-13: Committee substitute printed 25107215D-S1 (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (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: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2269) (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)
- 2025-01-30: Committee substitute printed 25106479D-H1 (House)
- 2025-01-30: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-30: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-20: Assigned sub: Health Professions (House)
- 2025-01-16: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2269) (House)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101230D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077059.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077058.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064985.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064984.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-02-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052211.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048739.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048738.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052210.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034902.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034639.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034901.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034638.PDF)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017009.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017008.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/1077059.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077058.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064985.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064984.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052211.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048739.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048738.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052210.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034902.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034639.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034901.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034638.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017009.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017008.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-HB2269-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).