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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional counselors; Board of Counseling to recognize NCE as a valid examination for licensure."
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description: "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."
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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 426"
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citation: "Virginia HB 426 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b547a886-e18f-44ab-9adb-f2c171b17a5e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB426"
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source_hash: "39de89ba2afc0b8df5618b1a022c53539bfdcd2ec42d80add8d75356557d19ec"
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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 426 (2024) — Professional counselors; Board of Counseling to recognize NCE as a valid examination for licensure.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0443** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0443)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106345D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB426H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24108023D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB426S1)
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4. **HB426ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB426ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104508D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB426)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 28-N) — **70–28** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — **53–46** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104508D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB426)
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- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute printed 24106345D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB426H1)
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- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106345D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB426H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-23** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Committee substitute printed 24108023D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB426S1)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 24108023D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB426S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108023D-S1 (71-Y 28-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 28-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB426ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB426ER)
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 443 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)
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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/b547a886-e18f-44ab-9adb-f2c171b17a5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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