VirginiaRegulatory boards; adjustment of fees, recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs, report.
What it does
Professions and occupations; adjustment of fees by regulatory boards; recovery of disciplinary and monitoring costs. Repeals the provision of law that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) shows revenue to be a certain percentage greater than expenses, such regulatory board to distribute excess revenue to current regulants and reduce its licensure or certification fees so that fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. The bill also repeals the provision with respect to the Department of Health Professions (DHP) that requires, following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board shows expenses allocated to it for the past biennium to be a certain percentage greater than moneys collected by the board, the board to revise its fees so that such fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses.
More detail
The bill makes it permissive for the regulatory boards within DPOR and DHP to annually revise the fees levied by it for certification, licensure, registration, or permit and renewal so that the fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. Regulatory boards are also permitted to recover reasonable administrative costs associated with investigation, disciplinary proceedings, monitoring, and confirming compliance with any terms and conditions imposed from any person who is (i) licensed, registered, certified, or issued a multistate licensure privilege by any regulatory or health regulatory board and (ii) issued a finding of a violation of law or regulation from such regulatory or health regulatory board. Such administrative costs shall not exceed $500 for regulatory boards within DPOR and $1,500 for health regulatory boards within DHP.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Governor's recommendation received by HouseLatest
- Mar 14Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 14Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026Minor
- Mar 12Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 11Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB796)
- Mar 11Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB796ER)Major
- Mar 11EnrolledMinor
- Mar 9Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB796)
- Mar 4Senate substitute agreed to by House (69-Y 26-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 4Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Mar 4Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 4Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Mar 4Read third timeMinor
- Mar 4Committee substitute printed 26109027D-S1Major
- Mar 3Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 3Rules suspended
- Mar 3Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 25Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB796)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16committee amendments rejectedMinor
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 11Committee substitute printed 26107685D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 2-N)Minor
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 11House subcommittee offered
- Feb 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB796)
- Feb 4Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 3Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29House subcommittee offered
- Jan 26Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative ProcessMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101807DIntroduced