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type: "Bill"
title: "Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; universal license recognition."
description: "Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; universal license recognition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2180"
citation: "Virginia HB 2180 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morefield"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1a3afc6-b247-4f72-b158-af6ea0f8d9ca"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2180"
source_hash: "e30ca4cd5859b5ad52f7b424a792569c0e0a5f1ffc89f3125446ab0773060d83"
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 HB 2180 (2023) — Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; universal license recognition.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0002)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104984D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2180H1)
3. **HB2180ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2180ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104159D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2180)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Morefield — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104159D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2180)
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23104984D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23104984D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2180H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2180H1)
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2180ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2180ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 2 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-03** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1a3afc6-b247-4f72-b158-af6ea0f8d9ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).