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| Bill | Licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners; licensure by endorsement, etc. | Licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners; licensure by endorsement; licensure without examination. Directs the Board of Counseling to establish a pathway to licensure by endorsement as a licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner for applicants who have held certification as a certified substance abuse counselor for at least 10 years without a history of disciplinary action, have completed at least five years of documented supervised experience, hold at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of counseling, and hold a Master Addiction Counselor credential issued by NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals. The bill provides that such pathway to licensure by endorsement does not require examination. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1282 | Virginia HB 1282 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1282 (2026) — Licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners; licensure by endorsement, etc.
Licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners; licensure by endorsement; licensure without examination. Directs the Board of Counseling to establish a pathway to licensure by endorsement as a licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner for applicants who have held certification as a certified substance abuse counselor for at least 10 years without a history of disciplinary action, have completed at least five years of documented supervised experience, hold at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of counseling, and hold a Master Addiction Counselor credential issued by NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals. The bill provides that such pathway to licensure by endorsement does not require examination.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Health Professions Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Health and Human Services Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 26104275D
introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1282)
- 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-12 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1282)
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-27 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1282ER)
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1282)
- 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 766 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/507f4f2b-9bd7-4aeb-8311-aa30870219ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).