Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure, automated external defibrillators.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-127 and 63.2-1701 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure; automated external defibrillators.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure; automated external defibrillators. Requires nursing homes and assisted living facilities to have and maintain an automated external defibrillator and have staff trained to use such automated external defibrillator.
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 26, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 323 (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
3
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Garrett McGuireDan I. HelmerVirgil Thornton
Recorded votes
Senate amendment agreed to by House (89-Y 5-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 89, N 5, X 5
Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (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 with amendment (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 91, N 6, X 3
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 21, N 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 9, N 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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