2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB1860: Nursing, Board of; waiver of regulations related to nursing faculty ratios.

Legislative Summary

Board of Nursing; faculty supervision of direct client care; faculty-to-student ratio. Directs the Board of Nursing to allow nursing education programs to apply for a waiver of the student-to-faculty ratios for direct client care. Under the bill, such waiver would permit a nursing education program to increase the ratio of students to faculty engaged in direct client care from 10 students per faculty member up to, but not to exceed, 15 students per faculty member. Current regulations permit faculty to supervise up to 10 students providing such care per faculty member without the utilization of a preceptor.

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Bill History

1/6/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103137D
House of Delegates
1/6/2025
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
House of Delegates
1/14/2025
Assigned sub: Health Professions
House of Delegates
1/15/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860)
House of Delegates
1/16/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/17/2025
Assigned sub: Health Professions
House of Delegates
1/21/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860)
House of Delegates
1/21/2025
Committee substitute printed 25104897D-H1
House of Delegates
1/21/2025
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/23/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House of Delegates
1/27/2025
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
1/28/2025
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate
2/7/2025
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
Senate
2/13/2025
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/17/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
2/17/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
Senate
2/17/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/18/2025
Read third time
Senate
2/18/2025
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
3/7/2025
Enrolled
House of Delegates
3/7/2025
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1860ER)
House of Delegates
3/7/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860)
House of Delegates
3/7/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
3/10/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/11/2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/18/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/18/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)

Roll Call Votes

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2/18/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
2/17/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2/13/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
1/27/2025
97
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
1/21/2025
22
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
1/16/2025
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/18/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Sponsors

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/18/20252.2 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text3/7/20252.4 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/16/20253.3 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/6/20252.8 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis3/7/2025101.5 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/21/2025100.0 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/15/202596.1 KB