HB209
Peer recovery specialists; VDH & DOC to develop guidelines for hiring.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Cia Price (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists.
Directs the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Corrections to develop agency guidelines for hiring peer recovery specialists with previous criminal convictions for compensated employment. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.-
Bill History
- 01/07/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102528D
- 01/07/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/16/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
- 01/21/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/10/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/10/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/12/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee amendment agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/17/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB209)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/10/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB209ER)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/14/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
