International licensure and certification; regulations.
Summary
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; international licensure and certification; regulations. Directs the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to promulgate regulations allowing the issuance of a license or certification to any applicant who holds a comparable international license or certification issued by another country. This bill is identical to HB 1940.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed Mar 19, 2025
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This bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 153 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, with the primary differences being formatting adjustments and the addition of an approval date (March 19, 2025).
Scope change
No substantive change to scope or applicability; the bill's provisions remain identical to the enrolled version.
TECHNICAL
Added approval date of March 19, 2025 to the chapter header
Reformatted text layout and spacing for official publication as Chapter 153
Removed session header labels (Enrolled, Virginia Acts of Assembly) in favor of formatted chapter layout
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
13
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1188ER)
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
House Amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (92-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
General Laws Amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stella Pekarsky
DDemocratic
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