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type: "Bill"
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title: "Licensure of doctors of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and podiatry; requirements."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2277"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2277 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daniel W. Marshall, III"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-02-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb92fdc9-6d98-42b3-953d-c4f82d863549"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2277"
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source_hash: "d45857454acb7bd7d69d6e4aeff4e6e92c38e1044646a5b2a38093c8d8098c24"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2277 (2017) — Licensure of doctors of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, and podiatry; requirements.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0117)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2277ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2277ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17101044D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2277)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 17101044D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb92fdc9-6d98-42b3-953d-c4f82d863549`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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