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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physician assistants; licensure by endorsement."
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description: "Authorizes the Board of Medicine to issue a license by endorsement to an applicant for licensure as a physician assistant who (i) is the spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth, (ii) holds current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, and (iii) holds a license as a physician assistant that is in good standing, or that is eligible for reinstatement if lapsed, under the laws of another state."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2169"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2169 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert M. \"Bob\" Thomas, Jr."]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ddd3d33-ed6b-4754-8c38-b130b69cf167"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2169"
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source_hash: "cce75dadf3045250901b112c755ac4e6a4558dcc3095c90b554b975a69ac3281"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2169 (2019) — Physician assistants; licensure by endorsement.
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Authorizes the Board of Medicine to issue a license by endorsement to an applicant for licensure as a physician assistant who (i) is the spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth, (ii) holds current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, and (iii) holds a license as a physician assistant that is in good standing, or that is eligible for reinstatement if lapsed, under the laws of another state.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0338)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2169AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2169)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2169ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2169ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103329D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2169)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103329D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2169E)
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7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2169ASE)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103329D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2169E
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- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19103329D-E
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-08** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-18** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-19** Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 338 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ddd3d33-ed6b-4754-8c38-b130b69cf167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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