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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 is identical to HB 1940. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1188 | Virginia SB 1188 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1188 (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 is identical to HB 1940.
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 Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House with amendment (92-Y 5-N) — 92–5 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- House Amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104529D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-01-22 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1188)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-31 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-31 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-11 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-12 General Laws Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-02-12 Passed House with amendment (92-Y 5-N)
passage - 2025-02-14 House Amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1188ER)
passage - 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1188)
- 2025-02-20 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f7b2cd2-19e7-4e31-94bc-ab2ae4bb6186. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).