2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1438: Health regulatory boards; regulations, licensure by endorsement.

Legislative Summary

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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Bill History

1/17/2025
Presented and ordered printed 25104331D
Senate
1/17/2025
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate
1/20/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438)
Senate
1/24/2025
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
Senate
1/30/2025
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/31/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/31/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/31/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/3/2025
Read second time and engrossed
Senate
2/3/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
2/3/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/3/2025
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/6/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
House of Delegates
2/11/2025
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/13/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/18/2025
Enrolled
Senate
2/18/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1438ER)
Senate
2/18/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1438)
Senate
2/18/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/3/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Senate
3/3/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/24/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)

Roll Call Votes

Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
2/14/2025
96
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
2/11/2025
22
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
2/3/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2/3/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
1/31/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
1/30/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/24/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Tara Durant
Tara Durant
Republican

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/24/20252.0 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text2/18/20252.2 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/17/20252.8 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/18/202598.0 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/20/202598.7 KB