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| Bill | International licensure and certification; regulations. | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; international licensure and certification; regulations. Directs the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to promulgate regulations allowing the issuance of a license or certification to any applicant who holds a comparable international license or certification issued by another country. This bill incorporates HB 2251 and is identical to SB 1188. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1940 | Virginia HB 1940 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1940 (2025) — International licensure and certification; regulations.
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; international licensure and certification; regulations. Directs the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to promulgate regulations allowing the issuance of a license or certification to any applicant who holds a comparable international license or certification issued by another country. This bill incorporates HB 2251 and is identical to SB 1188.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- HGL Sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N) — 94–5 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104520D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2025-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-28 Incorporates HB2251(Maldonado)
- 2025-01-28 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-28 Committee substitute printed 25105962D-H1
substitution - 2025-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1940)
- 2025-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-31 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-31 General Laws Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-03 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-17 Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1940ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1940)
- 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 150 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0150)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a98d5f44-be21-4ca9-96a7-10466a493994. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).