republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-53.md

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Bill	Social workers; licensure by endorsement.	Board of Social Work; reciprocal licensing agreements. Directs the Board of Social Work to pursue the establishment of reciprocal agreements with jurisdictions that are contiguous with the Commonwealth for the licensure of baccalaureate social workers, master's social workers, and clinical social workers. The bill provides that reciprocal agreements shall require that a person hold a comparable, current, unrestricted license in the other jurisdiction and that no grounds exist for denial based on the Code of Virginia and regulations of the Board.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 53	Virginia SB 53 (2020)	bill		enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	4	33	8	2019-11-18	2020-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/977631ac-2986-48f8-850d-a3c738b7af84	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB53	79bc65e155e95fc05c743a41b47531659b943e8a7b34d89e05960311aecd1b3d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 53 (2020) — Social workers; licensure by endorsement.

Board of Social Work; reciprocal licensing agreements. Directs the Board of Social Work to pursue the establishment of reciprocal agreements with jurisdictions that are contiguous with the Commonwealth for the licensure of baccalaureate social workers, master's social workers, and clinical social workers. The bill provides that reciprocal agreements shall require that a person hold a comparable, current, unrestricted license in the other jurisdiction and that no grounds exist for denial based on the Code of Virginia and regulations of the Board.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB53ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB53) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB53S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100386D introduction
• 2019-11-18 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB53)
• 2020-01-17 Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-17 Rereferred to Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute printed 20107751D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB53S1)
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107751D-S1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB53S1
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB53ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 617 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/977631ac-2986-48f8-850d-a3c738b7af84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).