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| Bill | Model memorandum of understanding; counseling from school counselors by way of telehealth. | Department of Education; model memorandum of understanding; counseling from school counselors by way of telehealth. Provides that the model memorandum of understanding developed by the Department of Education for partnerships with community mental health services providers or school-based telehealth providers shall include procedures allowing for students to receive counseling from school counselors by way of telehealth. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth and is identical to SB 1370. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2543 | Virginia HB 2543 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2543 (2025) — Model memorandum of understanding; counseling from school counselors by way of telehealth.
Department of Education; model memorandum of understanding; counseling from school counselors by way of telehealth. Provides that the model memorandum of understanding developed by the Department of Education for partnerships with community mental health services providers or school-based telehealth providers shall include procedures allowing for students to receive counseling from school counselors by way of telehealth. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth and is identical to SB 1370.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Amy J. Laufer — primary (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104627D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-18 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-22 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2543)
- 2025-01-27 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-28 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-29 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-30 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-07 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2543ER)
passage - 2025-02-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2543)
- 2025-02-15 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2025-04-02 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB2543ER2)
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 666 (Effective 07/01/25)
became-law - 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cd3387f-a328-4e59-a585-b80c0addc6a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).