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| Bill | Health regulatory boards; regulations, licensure by endorsement. | Department of Health Professions; health regulatory boards; regulations; licensure by endorsement. Directs each health regulatory board regulated by the Department of Health Professions to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway for qualified applicants as practitioners of the particular profession or professions regulated by such board. The bill specifies that the Board of Medicine shall be the first health regulatory board to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway. This bill is identical to HB 1861. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1438 | Virginia SB 1438 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1438 (2025) — Health regulatory boards; regulations, licensure by endorsement.
Department of Health Professions; health regulatory boards; regulations; licensure by endorsement. Directs each health regulatory board regulated by the Department of Health Professions to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway for qualified applicants as practitioners of the particular profession or professions regulated by such board. The bill specifies that the Board of Medicine shall be the first health regulatory board to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway. This bill is identical to HB 1861.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Tara A. Durant — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 25104331D
introduction - 2025-01-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438)
- 2025-01-24 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2025-01-30 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-31 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-03 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 Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-13 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-14 Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1438ER)
passage - 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438)
- 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker
passage - 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 - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5de2e8fb-b207-441e-af1f-33d3fbaae441. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).