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type: "Bill"
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title: "Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers."
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description: "Department of Health Professions; conversion therapy prohibited. Prohibits any health care provider or person who performs counseling as part of his training for any profession licensed by a regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions from engaging in conversion therapy, as defined in the bill, with any person under 18 years of age and provides that such counseling constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for disciplinary action. The bill provides that no state funds shall be expended for the purpose of conducting conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age, referring a person under 18 years of age for conversion therapy, or extending health benefits coverage for conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age. This bill is identical to HB 386."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 245"
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citation: "Virginia SB 245 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-02"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201cb8c5-8887-4be6-819e-af2f224d7908"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB245"
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source_hash: "538e839e1d6dbbf61521af345a11e6d5054746cac182d88617ef20f5f9f21bad"
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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 SB 245 (2020) — Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.
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Department of Health Professions; conversion therapy prohibited. Prohibits any health care provider or person who performs counseling as part of his training for any profession licensed by a regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions from engaging in conversion therapy, as defined in the bill, with any person under 18 years of age and provides that such counseling constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for disciplinary action. The bill provides that no state funds shall be expended for the purpose of conducting conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age, referring a person under 18 years of age for conversion therapy, or extending health benefits coverage for conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age. This bill is identical to HB 386.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0721)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB245ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB245E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB245E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB245)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB245)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) — **20–18** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (62-Y 35-N) — **61–35** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101090D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB245)
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- **2020-01-16** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-20** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-01-20** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB245E
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- **2020-01-20** Printed as engrossed 20101090D-E
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- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-21** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB245E)
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Passed House (62-Y 35-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Passage (62-Y 35-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB245ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 721 (effective 7/1/20) `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/201cb8c5-8887-4be6-819e-af2f224d7908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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