Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to direct the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require certain licensees to complete bias reduction training as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure and to amend and reenact § 54.1-3011 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of...” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; continuing education; bias reduction training. Directs the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require certain licensees to complete continuing learning activities on implicit and explicit bias reduction in health care as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure and authorizes the Board of Nursing to require certain continuing learning activities or courses in a specific subject area. Under current law,
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Where it is
Introduced · Nov 17, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter 451 (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
Mamie E. LockeJennifer D. Carroll FoyChristopher T. Head
Recorded votes
Passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 63, N 34, X 2
Reported from Health and Human Services (15-Y 6-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-19 · P · Y 15, X 1, N 6
Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 8-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 30, N 8, X 2
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-02-02 · P · X 40
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-02-02 · P · X 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-01-30 · P · Y 38, X 2
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 2-N)Senate · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 13, N 2
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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