# Virginia SB1260: Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.

Virginia SB1260, Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-03-24 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472)) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB1260
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.
- Status: to governor
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-03-24, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472)
- Sponsor: Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (299 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 HB 2269.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | House | Passed House with substitute Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-02-03 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute | pass | 15 | 0 |   |

## Actions (39)

- 2025-03-24: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472) (Governor)
- 2025-03-24: Approved by Governor-Chapter 472 (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 (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1260) (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1260ER) (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-02-19: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Passed House with substitute Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-18: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2025-02-18: Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to (House)
- 2025-02-18: Read third time (House)
- 2025-02-17: Read second time (House)
- 2025-02-13: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1260) (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Committee substitute printed 25107180D-H1 (House)
- 2025-02-13: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-11: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-06: Assigned sub: Health Professions (House)
- 2025-02-06: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2025-02-06: Read first time (House)
- 2025-02-06: Placed on Calendar (House)
- 2025-02-03: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1260) (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Education and Health Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Reading of substitute waived (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Read second time (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Committee substitute printed 25106501D-S1 (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Assigned Education sub: Health (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104471D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1076812.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1076811.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066404.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066403.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-02-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050268.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050267.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046146.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046145.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034657.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035836.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034656.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035835.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032337.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032336.PDF)
- Introduced, 2025-01-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018544.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018543.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/1076812.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1076811.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066404.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066403.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050268.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050267.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046146.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046145.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034657.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035836.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034656.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035835.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032337.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032336.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018544.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018543.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-SB1260-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).