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Bill Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for; powers and duties. Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation; powers and duties. Requires the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation to (i) review and comment on the budget for the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and (ii) periodically review professions and occupations regulated by the Department and determine whether the regulation level for such professions or occupations should change or whether such professions or occupations should be deregulated. Should the Board determine that a profession or occupation should be regulated at a different level than its current level of regulation or should be deregulated, the bill provides that it must make such recommendation to the General Assembly. This bill is identical to SB 1096. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2553 Virginia HB 2553 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2553 (2025) — Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for; powers and duties.

Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation; powers and duties. Requires the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation to (i) review and comment on the budget for the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and (ii) periodically review professions and occupations regulated by the Department and determine whether the regulation level for such professions or occupations should change or whether such professions or occupations should be deregulated. Should the Board determine that a profession or occupation should be regulated at a different level than its current level of regulation or should be deregulated, the bill provides that it must make such recommendation to the General Assembly. This bill is identical to SB 1096.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100716D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
  • 2025-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2553)
  • 2025-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-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 (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2553ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2553)
  • 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 94 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79144a71-47ce-4ec9-b273-47ea77bd9c28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).