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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.

  1. CHAP0018 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB120ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102295D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (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).