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Bill Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition. Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund created; psychological practitioner defined; educational requirements for nursing faculty. Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority by adding four additional ex officio members to the Authority's Board of Directors, adding setting priorities for and managing graduate medical education programs to the duties of the Authority, specifying additional recipients of the Board's biennial report, and authorizing the Authority to partner with other agencies and institutions to obtain and manage health workforce data. The bill establishes the Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund. The bill directs the Board of Nursing to add or remove certain educational requirements for members of the nursing faculty in specified nursing education programs and establishes a licensing procedure by the Board of Psychology for a psychological practitioner, as defined by the bill. The bill directs the Board of Nursing and the Board of Psychology to adopt regulations to implement relevant provisions of the bill to be effective no later than January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 1499. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 155 Virginia SB 155 (2024)
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Virginia SB 155 (2024) — Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition.

Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund created; psychological practitioner defined; educational requirements for nursing faculty. Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority by adding four additional ex officio members to the Authority's Board of Directors, adding setting priorities for and managing graduate medical education programs to the duties of the Authority, specifying additional recipients of the Board's biennial report, and authorizing the Authority to partner with other agencies and institutions to obtain and manage health workforce data. The bill establishes the Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund. The bill directs the Board of Nursing to add or remove certain educational requirements for members of the nursing faculty in specified nursing education programs and establishes a licensing procedure by the Board of Psychology for a psychological practitioner, as defined by the bill. The bill directs the Board of Nursing and the Board of Psychology to adopt regulations to implement relevant provisions of the bill to be effective no later than January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 1499.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0761 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24105674D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24106642D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Committee substitute printed 24108081D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103715D (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB155ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (94-Y 2-N) — 932 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103715D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-01-11 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2024-01-18 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-18 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-18 Committee substitute printed 24105674D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB155S1)
  • 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-31 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24106642D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-02 Committee substitute rejected 24105674D-S1
  • 2024-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 24106642D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB155S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB155S2)
  • 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2024-02-13 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-22 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-27 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-27 Committee substitute printed 24108081D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-27 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB155H1)
  • 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108081D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB155H1 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Passed House with substitute (94-Y 2-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 2-N) passage
  • 2024-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-05 Title replaced 24108081D-H1
  • 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB155ER) passage
  • 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB155ER)
  • 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ec42e97-06e2-4fe5-8983-cd3edcfbc78e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).