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| Bill | DPOR and DHP; certain suspensions not considered disciplinary action. | Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Department of Health Professions; certain suspensionsnot considered disciplinary action. Prohibits any board of theDepartment of Professional and Occupational Regulation or the Departmentof Health Professions issuing a suspension upon any regulant of suchboard pursuant to such regulant's having submitted a check, moneydraft, or similar instrument for payment of a fee required by statuteor regulation that is not honored by the bank or financial institutionnamed from considering or describing such suspension as a disciplinaryaction. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 120 | Virginia HB 120 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 120 (2024) — DPOR and DHP; certain suspensions not considered disciplinary action.
Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Department of Health Professions; certain suspensionsnot considered disciplinary action. Prohibits any board of theDepartment of Professional and Occupational Regulation or the Departmentof Health Professions issuing a suspension upon any regulant of suchboard pursuant to such regulant's having submitted a check, moneydraft, or similar instrument for payment of a fee required by statuteor regulation that is not honored by the bank or financial institutionnamed from considering or describing such suspension as a disciplinaryaction.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0018 (committee substitute) — source
- HB120ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102295D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-01 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102295D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-01 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2024-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-01-23 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-23 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2024-01-30 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB120)
- 2024-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-05 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-21 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-21 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB120ER)
passage - 2024-02-21 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB120ER)
- 2024-02-24 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1479da93-fb61-4257-ab9c-e44629191f4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).