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type: "Bill"
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title: "Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure."
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description: "Music therapy; licensure. Requires the Board of Social Work to adopt regulations establishing a regulatory structure to license music therapists in the Commonwealth and establishes an advisory board to assist the Board in this process. Under the bill, no person shall engage in the practice of music therapy or hold himself out or otherwise represent himself as a music therapist unless he is licensed by the Board. This bill is identical to SB 633."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1562"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1562 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-13"
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last_action: "2020-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b546d6f-d3c3-4349-807a-518f48e2e344"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1562"
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source_hash: "594af728b31246958870bd8becc8dcb3cc660a837ce1c56f255b8fb6ee23dd08"
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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 1562 (2020) — Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.
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Music therapy; licensure. Requires the Board of Social Work to adopt regulations establishing a regulatory structure to license music therapists in the Commonwealth and establishes an advisory board to assist the Board in this process. Under the bill, no person shall engage in the practice of music therapy or hold himself out or otherwise represent himself as a music therapist unless he is licensed by the Board. This bill is identical to SB 633.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0103)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1562ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1562ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1562H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1562H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1562)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1562)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (92-Y 5-N) — **91–5** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 20105438D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1562)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute printed 20106167D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20106167D-H1
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- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1562H1
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: Passage (92-Y 5-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1562H1)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1562ER)
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
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- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
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- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 103 (effective 7/1/20) `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/2b546d6f-d3c3-4349-807a-518f48e2e344`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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