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type: "Bill"
title: "Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice."
description: "Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice; revocation or suspension of license; continuing education. Adds speech-language pathology assistants to the professions governed by the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. The bill also establishes qualifications, scope of practice, and supervision requirements for speech-language pathology assistants. The bill directs the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology to adopt regulations governing the speech-language pathology assistant profession by July 1, 2026, and specifies that the provisions governing the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2040"
citation: "Virginia HB 2040 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holly M. Seibold"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7fc5802-1371-4b17-9e07-2f7ee7f3111b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2040"
source_hash: "97b91c18cda6145983ac22a147b037577b1c9896b6ace6fa51699076982de96d"
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 HB 2040 (2025) — Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice.
Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice; revocation or suspension of license; continuing education. Adds speech-language pathology assistants to the professions governed by the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. The bill also establishes qualifications, scope of practice, and supervision requirements for speech-language pathology assistants. The bill directs the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology to adopt regulations governing the speech-language pathology assistant profession by July 1, 2026, and specifies that the provisions governing the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014867.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079130.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052206.PDF)
4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073949.HTML)
5. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027020.PDF)
6. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074861.PDF)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064359.PDF)
## Votes
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (91-Y 3-N) — **913** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (88-Y 7-N) — **887** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N) — **8712** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Holly M. Seibold — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104040D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2040)
- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Committee substitute printed 25105332D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2040)
- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-03** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25106923D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2040)
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-18** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House (88-Y 7-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2040ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2040)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (91-Y 3-N)
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2040ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 649 (Effective 07/01/27) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7fc5802-1371-4b17-9e07-2f7ee7f3111b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).