republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-329.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Marriage & family therapists; Bd. of Counseling to amend regulations related to licensure.	Board of Counseling; licensure by endorsementfor marriage and family therapists. Directs the Board of Counselingto amend its regulations related to the process for licensure byendorsement for marriage and family therapists. The bill removesrequirements that applicants for licensure by endorsement provideevidence that they meet certain educational and experience requirements.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 329	Virginia HB 329 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Sickles	3	26	6	2024-01-05	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c266ddc7-670c-4d05-a14f-914706d9bdfe	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB329	08f31a81bf70b390512c29eea0954d5694c9c043b6ecbb466af65871ca184747	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 329 (2024) — Marriage & family therapists; Bd. of Counseling to amend regulations related to licensure.

Board of Counseling; licensure by endorsementfor marriage and family therapists. Directs the Board of Counselingto amend its regulations related to the process for licensure byendorsement for marriage and family therapists. The bill removesrequirements that applicants for licensure by endorsement provideevidence that they meet certain educational and experience requirements.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0431 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB329ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101176D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101176D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB329)
• 2024-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB329ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB329ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c266ddc7-670c-4d05-a14f-914706d9bdfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).