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type: "Bill"
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title: "Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure."
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description: "Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure. Provides that a person who has graduated from an accredited respiratory therapy education program may practice with the title \"Respiratory Therapist, License Applicant\" or \"RT-Applicant\" until he has received a failing score on any examination required by the Board of Medicine for licensure or six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner. The bill contains an emergency clause."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 745"
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citation: "Virginia HB 745 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f1ef247-5d5e-4255-b991-acbe5303b7a9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB745"
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source_hash: "d18b8f471ce11f74a98da5844238fc27a4a75bfff585084f1ae7064913ab6edb"
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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 745 (2022) — Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure.
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Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure. Provides that a person who has graduated from an accredited respiratory therapy education program may practice with the title "Respiratory Therapist, License Applicant" or "RT-Applicant" until he has received a failing score on any examination required by the Board of Medicine for licensure or six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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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. **CHAP0764** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0764)
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2. **HB745ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB745ER)
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3. **HB745ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB745ER2)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101255D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB745)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101255D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB745)
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- **2022-01-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-16** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-24** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB745ER)
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- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
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- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-04-27** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
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- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
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- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB745ER2)
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- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 764 (effective 4/27/22) `became-law`
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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/2f1ef247-5d5e-4255-b991-acbe5303b7a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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