republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1189.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational therapists; licensure."
description: "Licensure of occupational therapists; Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and directs the Board of Medicine to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1189"
citation: "Virginia SB 1189 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bab77069-b248-440c-b98d-954a4ba81170"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1189"
source_hash: "1b04f26d193e326688c78a927545d0d33bffabb795f2ce7547477e88b63f0a30"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1189 (2021) — Occupational therapists; licensure.

Licensure of occupational therapists; Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and directs the Board of Medicine to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0242** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0242)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101278D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1189)
3. **Printed as engrossed 21101278D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1189E)
4. **SB1189ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1189ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (14-Y 6-N) — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N) — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101278D `introduction`
- **2021-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-01-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1189E
- **2021-01-25** Printed as engrossed 21101278D-E
- **2021-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1189E)
- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
- **2021-02-09** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (14-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed House (90-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1189ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (effective 1/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bab77069-b248-440c-b98d-954a4ba81170`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).