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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health regulatory boards; regulations, licensure by endorsement."
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description: "Department of Health Professions; health regulatory boards; regulations; licensure by endorsement. Directs each health regulatory board regulated by the Department of Health Professions to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway for qualified applicants as practitioners of the particular profession or professions regulated by such board. The bill specifies that the Board of Medicine shall be the first health regulatory board to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway. This bill is identical to HB 1861."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1438"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1438 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tara A. Durant"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5de2e8fb-b207-441e-af1f-33d3fbaae441"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1438"
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source_hash: "e2dc527208f891eb3cc1e74a6dde1b9ffdd4100ecc59a8b3102b133aa1cf3337"
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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 SB 1438 (2025) — Health regulatory boards; regulations, licensure by endorsement.
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Department of Health Professions; health regulatory boards; regulations; licensure by endorsement. Directs each health regulatory board regulated by the Department of Health Professions to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway for qualified applicants as practitioners of the particular profession or professions regulated by such board. The bill specifies that the Board of Medicine shall be the first health regulatory board to enact regulations to provide a licensure by endorsement pathway. This bill is identical to HB 1861.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023077.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077552.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054811.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Tara A. Durant — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25104331D `introduction`
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- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438)
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- **2025-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1438ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438)
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- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)
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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/5de2e8fb-b207-441e-af1f-33d3fbaae441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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