republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-426.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	Professional counselors; Board of Counseling to recognize NCE as a valid examination for licensure.	Board of Counseling; licensure of professionalcounselors without examination. Allows the Board of Counselingto issue a license to practice as a professional counselor withoutexamination to an applicant seeking initial licensure or renewalof such license and who satisfies all other education, experience,and fitness to practice requirements set forth in regulation andwho is qualified to practice professional counseling.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 426	Virginia HB 426 (2024)	bill		enacted	Joshua G. Cole	5	41	7	2024-01-08	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b547a886-e18f-44ab-9adb-f2c171b17a5e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB426	39de89ba2afc0b8df5618b1a022c53539bfdcd2ec42d80add8d75356557d19ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 426 (2024) — Professional counselors; Board of Counseling to recognize NCE as a valid examination for licensure.

Board of Counseling; licensure of professionalcounselors without examination. Allows the Board of Counselingto issue a license to practice as a professional counselor withoutexamination to an applicant seeking initial licensure or renewalof such license and who satisfies all other education, experience,and fitness to practice requirements set forth in regulation andwho is qualified to practice professional counseling.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0443 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106345D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108023D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB426ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104508D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 28-N) — 70–28 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104508D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB426)
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) substitution
• 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24106345D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB426H1)
• 2024-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106345D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB426H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-12 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Committee substitute printed 24108023D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB426S1)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108023D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB426S1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108023D-S1 (71-Y 28-N) substitution
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 28-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB426ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB426ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 443 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b547a886-e18f-44ab-9adb-f2c171b17a5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).