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type: "Bill"
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title: "Marriage & family therapists; Bd. of Counseling to amend regulations related to licensure."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 329"
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citation: "Virginia HB 329 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c266ddc7-670c-4d05-a14f-914706d9bdfe"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB329"
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source_hash: "08f31a81bf70b390512c29eea0954d5694c9c043b6ecbb466af65871ca184747"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 329 (2024) — Marriage & family therapists; Bd. of Counseling to amend regulations related to licensure.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0431)
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2. **HB329ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB329ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101176D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB329)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101176D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-23** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB329)
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- **2024-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-29** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB329ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB329ER)
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c266ddc7-670c-4d05-a14f-914706d9bdfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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