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| Bill | Military service members and veterans; expediting the issuance of credentials to spouses. | Professions and occupations; expediting the issuance of credentials to spouses of military service members. Provides for the expedited issuance of credentials to the spouses of military service members who are (i) ordered to federal active duty under Title 10 of the United States Code or (ii) veterans who have left active duty service within one year of the submission of an application to a board if the spouse accompanies the service member to the Commonwealth or an adjoining state or the District of Columbia. Under current law, the expedited review is provided more generally for active duty members of the military who are the subject of a military transfer to the Commonwealth. The bill also authorizes a regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation or the Department of Health Professions or any other board in Title 54.1 (Professions and Occupations) to waive any requirement relating to experience if the board determines that the documentation provided by the applicant supports such waiver. This bill is identical to HB 967. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 981 | Virginia SB 981 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 981 (2020) — Military service members and veterans; expediting the issuance of credentials to spouses.
Professions and occupations; expediting the issuance of credentials to spouses of military service members. Provides for the expedited issuance of credentials to the spouses of military service members who are (i) ordered to federal active duty under Title 10 of the United States Code or (ii) veterans who have left active duty service within one year of the submission of an application to a board if the spouse accompanies the service member to the Commonwealth or an adjoining state or the District of Columbia. Under current law, the expedited review is provided more generally for active duty members of the military who are the subject of a military transfer to the Commonwealth. The bill also authorizes a regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation or the Department of Health Professions or any other board in Title 54.1 (Professions and Occupations) to waive any requirement relating to experience if the board determines that the documentation provided by the applicant supports such waiver. This bill is identical to HB 967.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB981ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB981E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB981) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 20105605D
introduction - 2020-01-15 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB981)
- 2020-01-22 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-27 Reading of amendments waived
- 2020-01-27 Amendments by Senator Suetterlein agreed to
amendment-passage - 2020-01-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB981E
- 2020-01-27 Printed as engrossed 20105605D-E
- 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (SB981E)
- 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-02-13 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-17 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-18 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-18 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB981ER)
- 2020-02-21 Signed by President
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 35 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bca58c3-9a20-47ca-870f-244dea32490c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).