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Bill Veterans; acceptance of substantially equivalent military training, etc. Directs the Department of Veterans Services to take steps to promote awareness among veterans of the acceptance of substantially equivalent military training, education, or experience by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions, or any other board named in Title 54.1 (Professions and Occupations). us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2018 HB 533 Virginia HB 533 (2018)
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Virginia HB 533 (2018) — Veterans; acceptance of substantially equivalent military training, etc.

Directs the Department of Veterans Services to take steps to promote awareness among veterans of the acceptance of substantially equivalent military training, education, or experience by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions, or any other board named in Title 54.1 (Professions and Occupations).

Version chain

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

  1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB533ER) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Committee substitute printed 18104947D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100132D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 90 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 1000 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
  • John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
  • Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100132D introduction
  • 2018-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2018-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2018-02-08 Read first time reading-1
  • 2018-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2018-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 18104947D-H1
  • 2018-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB533H1
  • 2018-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2018-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2018-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2018-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
  • 2018-02-28 Signed by President
  • 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
  • 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
  • 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 240 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6ec3bd9-9f8b-4ec3-8fcc-69e3f102a015. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).