---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities."
description: "Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1406"
citation: "Virginia SB 1406 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/805db7ef-086f-4cf7-805f-75065317d75c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1406"
source_hash: "73956a2eb15a88377d29785779bc1c9127784a3878947b19c2c1d8f491958367"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1406 (2023) — Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0694** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0694)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102329D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1406)
3. **SB1406ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1406ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102329D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1406)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1406ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1406ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/805db7ef-086f-4cf7-805f-75065317d75c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).