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type: "Bill"
title: "Psychologists; licensure, permitted to practice in Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact."
description: "Licensure of psychologists; Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed psychologists to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021, and directs the Board of Psychology to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 760"
citation: "Virginia SB 760 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b782296b-3ea4-4931-b917-2c06356f0ea3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB760"
source_hash: "4ef9666471261cfb5376024800a286506cf7d232c45c9c564458dd6338db54bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 760 (2020) — Psychologists; licensure, permitted to practice in Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.
Licensure of psychologists; Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed psychologists to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021, and directs the Board of Psychology to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1162)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1162)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB760ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB760ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB760)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB760)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103631D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-21** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB760)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB760ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1162 (effective 1/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b782296b-3ea4-4931-b917-2c06356f0ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).