SB 1438

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 17, 2025
  • Passed Senate Feb 03, 2025
  • Passed House Feb 14, 2025
  • Signed by Governor Mar 24, 2025

Health regulatory boards; regulations, licensure by endorsement.

Abstract

Department of Health Professions; health regulatory boards; regulations; licensure by endorsement. Directs each health regulatory board regulated by the Department of Health Professions to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway for qualified applicants as practitioners of the particular profession or professions regulated by such board. The bill specifies that the Board of Medicine shall be the first health regulatory board to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway. This bill is identical to HB 1861.

An Act to direct each health regulatory board regulated by the Department of Health Professions to establish a licensure by endorsement pathway for qualified applicants of the professions regulated by such board.

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Mar 24, 2025

Office of the Governor

Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (Effective 07/01/25)

Office of the Governor

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)

Mar 03, 2025

Senate

Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025

Office of the Governor

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025

Feb 20, 2025

Senate

Signed by President

Feb 18, 2025

Senate

Enrolled

House

Signed by Speaker

Senate

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438)

Senate

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1438ER)

Feb 14, 2025

House

Passed House (96-Y 0-N)

House

Read third time

Feb 13, 2025

House

Read second time

Feb 11, 2025

House

Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)

Feb 06, 2025

House

Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

House

Placed on Calendar

House

Read first time

Feb 03, 2025

Senate

Read second time and engrossed

Senate

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)

Senate

Rules suspended

Jan 31, 2025

Senate

Rules suspended

Senate

Passed by for the day

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)

Jan 30, 2025

Senate

Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Jan 24, 2025

Senate

Assigned Education sub: Health Professions

Jan 20, 2025

Senate

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438)

Jan 17, 2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Senate

Presented and ordered printed 25104331D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
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Enrolled HTML PDF
Introduced HTML PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438) PDF PDF

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