republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-854.md

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Bill	Polysomnographic technology; students or trainees, licensure.	Provides that a student enrolled in an educational program in polysomnographic technology or a person engaged in a traineeship does not require a license to practice polysomnographic technology, provided that such student or trainee is under the direct supervision of a licensed polysomnographic technologist or a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine. The bill requires any such student or trainee to be identified to patients as a student or trainee in polysomnographic technology. The bill also provides that any such student or trainee is required to have a license to practice after 18 months from the start of the educational program or traineeship or six months from the conclusion of such program or traineeship, whichever is earlier.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 854	Virginia HB 854 (2018)	bill	Education Professions and Occupations	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	2	16	6	2018-01-09	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/88cc6244-b2e7-4e55-9fc3-5e2592165ef8	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB854	422d823bb64e89bd48dce9dc417e4435cd4ab53a449456cc8eee3435fa7de8c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 854 (2018) — Polysomnographic technology; students or trainees, licensure.

Provides that a student enrolled in an educational program in polysomnographic technology or a person engaged in a traineeship does not require a license to practice polysomnographic technology, provided that such student or trainee is under the direct supervision of a licensed polysomnographic technologist or a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine. The bill requires any such student or trainee to be identified to patients as a student or trainee in polysomnographic technology. The bill also provides that any such student or trainee is required to have a license to practice after 18 months from the start of the educational program or traineeship or six months from the conclusion of such program or traineeship, whichever is earlier.

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 (HB854ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101578D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101578D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-02-09 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 98 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88cc6244-b2e7-4e55-9fc3-5e2592165ef8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).