republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1253.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Physical Therapy, Doctor of; added to list of titles that are unlawful to use without a license.	Unlawful designation as Doctor of Physical Therapy. Adds to the list of titles that are unlawful to use without a license "D.P.T." and "Doctor of Physical Therapy." The bill also removes "P.T.T." and "Physical Therapy Technician" from such list.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1253	Virginia SB 1253 (2025)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	3	29	6	2025-01-08	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/4e8891ea-dae9-47fa-bcc2-a7469a50f4b0	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1253	a91d5072396b08221a9f4a6730732b3859078f6a6f3b02bcdb43395a2ca389cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1253 (2025) — Physical Therapy, Doctor of; added to list of titles that are unlawful to use without a license.

Unlawful designation as Doctor of Physical Therapy. Adds to the list of titles that are unlawful to use without a license "D.P.T." and "Doctor of Physical Therapy." The bill also removes "P.T.T." and "Physical Therapy Technician" from such list.

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

• Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102992D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2025-01-17 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1253)
• 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-24 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-24 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-27 Engrossed by Senate
• 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-13 Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1253ER) passage
• 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1253)
• 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-23 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e8891ea-dae9-47fa-bcc2-a7469a50f4b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).