---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPOR and DHP; certain suspensions not considered disciplinary action."
description: "Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Department of Health Professions; certain suspensionsnot considered disciplinary action. Prohibits any board of theDepartment of Professional and Occupational Regulation or the Departmentof Health Professions issuing a suspension upon any regulant of suchboard pursuant to such regulant's having submitted a check, moneydraft, or similar instrument for payment of a fee required by statuteor regulation that is not honored by the bank or financial institutionnamed from considering or describing such suspension as a disciplinaryaction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "Virginia HB 120 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-01"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1479da93-fb61-4257-ab9c-e44629191f4d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB120"
source_hash: "e96991cf43ccea256f5cc0fd9b82dd498109c249663e93ca51fa100c67203bdd"
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 HB 120 (2024) — DPOR and DHP; certain suspensions not considered disciplinary action.

Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Department of Health Professions; certain suspensionsnot considered disciplinary action. Prohibits any board of theDepartment of Professional and Occupational Regulation or the Departmentof Health Professions issuing a suspension upon any regulant of suchboard pursuant to such regulant's having submitted a check, moneydraft, or similar instrument for payment of a fee required by statuteor regulation that is not honored by the bank or financial institutionnamed from considering or describing such suspension as a disciplinaryaction.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0018)
2. **HB120ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB120ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102295D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB120)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102295D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-23** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB120)
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB120ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB120ER)
- **2024-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1479da93-fb61-4257-ab9c-e44629191f4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).