---
type: "Bill"
title: "PA Licensure Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact."
description: "PA Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginiato become a signatory to the PA Licensure Compact. The Compact permitseligible physician assistants to practice in Compact-participatingstates, provided that they are licensed in at least one participatingstate. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effectwhen it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effectivedate of the bill, whichever is later."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 324"
citation: "Virginia HB 324 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8704b892-2533-4870-8557-3eec482e0267"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB324"
source_hash: "9640450dc88607de9be5ddea7c33d69f9d4b59215a54dacf1586b0e54a71f272"
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 324 (2024) — PA Licensure Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact.

PA Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginiato become a signatory to the PA Licensure Compact. The Compact permitseligible physician assistants to practice in Compact-participatingstates, provided that they are licensed in at least one participatingstate. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effectwhen it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effectivedate of the bill, whichever is later.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0439** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0439)
2. **HB324ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB324ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101349D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB324)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24101349D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB324E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) — **33–7** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101349D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB324)
- **2024-02-07** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB324E
- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24101349D-E
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB324E)
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 1-N) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB324ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB324ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8704b892-2533-4870-8557-3eec482e0267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).