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type: "Bill"
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title: "Qualified mental health professionals; regulations for registration."
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description: "Requires the Board of Counseling to promulgate regulations for the registration of persons receiving supervised training in order to qualify as a qualified mental health professional. The bill defines the terms \"qualified mental health professional-adult,\" \"qualified mental health professional-child,\" and \"qualified mental health professional-trainee.\" This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2693"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2693 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
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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: "2019-01-14"
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last_action: "2019-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8368dad3-a2a2-4ad3-a32f-7f4cb6c42863"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2693"
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source_hash: "088004214e97904fdd0d711d83b3cbcecef22046d7c67588db64945a918b1ec5"
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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 2693 (2019) — Qualified mental health professionals; regulations for registration.
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Requires the Board of Counseling to promulgate regulations for the registration of persons receiving supervised training in order to qualify as a qualified mental health professional. The bill defines the terms "qualified mental health professional-adult," "qualified mental health professional-child," and "qualified mental health professional-trainee." This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0217)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0217)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2693ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2693ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104241D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2693)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 19104241D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-14** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
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- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 217 (effective 7/1/19) `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/8368dad3-a2a2-4ad3-a32f-7f4cb6c42863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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