Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

4.9 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Optometry, Board of; adds requirements for members. Adds to the requirements for the five licensed optometrist members of the Board of Optometry that they be individuals who at the time of appointment (i) have met all requirements for practice as an optometrist and are qualified to engage in the full scope of the practice of optometry and (ii) are actively engaged in the delivery of clinical care to patients. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2247 Virginia HB 2247 (2019)
bill
Commissions
Boards and Institutions Generally
Professions and Occupations
enacted
Roxann L. Robinson
6 23 6 2019-01-08 2019-03-12 openstates ocd-bill/56b1ccbe-e902-49c7-bc21-01373bfedbd3 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2247 47564c8cf27ac3b68663173b4dc60f28b8658ab99fe2b08cb65df1dffbc90a4a 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-va

Virginia HB 2247 (2019) — Optometry, Board of; adds requirements for members.

Adds to the requirements for the five licensed optometrist members of the Board of Optometry that they be individuals who at the time of appointment (i) have met all requirements for practice as an optometrist and are qualified to engage in the full scope of the practice of optometry and (ii) are actively engaged in the delivery of clinical care to patients.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2247ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101365D (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Printed as engrossed 19101365D-E (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health with amendment — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Senate amendment agreed to by House — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with amendment — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101365D introduction
  • 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB2247E
  • 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19101365D-E
  • 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2019-02-08 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-18 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2019-02-18 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2019-02-18 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2019-02-19 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-19 Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2019-02-22 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-22 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
  • 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 340 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56b1ccbe-e902-49c7-bc21-01373bfedbd3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).