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type: "Bill"
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title: "Optometry, Board of; adds requirements for members."
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description: "Adds to the requirements for the five licensed optometrist members of the Board of Optometry that they be individuals who at the time of appointment (i) have met all requirements for practice as an optometrist and are qualified to engage in the full scope of the practice of optometry and (ii) are actively engaged in the delivery of clinical care to patients."
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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 2247"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2247 (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: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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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/56b1ccbe-e902-49c7-bc21-01373bfedbd3"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2247"
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source_hash: "47564c8cf27ac3b68663173b4dc60f28b8658ab99fe2b08cb65df1dffbc90a4a"
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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 2247 (2019) — Optometry, Board of; adds requirements for members.
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Adds to the requirements for the five licensed optometrist members of the Board of Optometry that they be individuals who at the time of appointment (i) have met all requirements for practice as an optometrist and are qualified to engage in the full scope of the practice of optometry and (ii) are actively engaged in the delivery of clinical care to patients.
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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 (CHAP0340)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0340)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2247AH)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2247ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2247ER)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101365D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2247)
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5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101365D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2247E)
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6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2247ASE)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (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 19101365D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2247E
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- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19101365D-E
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-06** 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 (98-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 340 (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/56b1ccbe-e902-49c7-bc21-01373bfedbd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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