republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2277.md

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Bill	Licensure of doctors of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and podiatry; requirements.	Removes provisions related to licensure of graduates of an institution not approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the Board of Medicine. Under the bill, only graduates of institutions approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the Board of Medicine are eligible for licensure.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2277	Virginia HB 2277 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Professions and Occupations	enacted	Daniel W. Marshall, III	3	15	6	2017-01-11	2017-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/eb92fdc9-6d98-42b3-953d-c4f82d863549	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2277	d45857454acb7bd7d69d6e4aeff4e6e92c38e1044646a5b2a38093c8d8098c24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2277 (2017) — Licensure of doctors of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and podiatry; requirements.

Removes provisions related to licensure of graduates of an institution not approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the Board of Medicine. Under the bill, only graduates of institutions approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the Board of Medicine are eligible for licensure.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2277ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17101044D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 17101044D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-01 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb92fdc9-6d98-42b3-953d-c4f82d863549. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).