Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.5 and 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers; expansion of reporting requirements. Expands the reporting requirements for incidents of workplace violence in hospitals with an emergency department by requiring additional descriptors of incidents, requiring hospitals to report collected data to additional parties, and directing the Department of Health to publish a report containing an annual summary of such data. The bill directs the Board of Health to promulgat
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 23, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 320 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Kathy K.L. TranNicole ColeKaren Keys-GamarraDestiny LeVere BollingVirgil Thornton
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 97, X 3
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 96, X 4
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 9, X 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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