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2024 SESSION

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HB 426 Professional counselors; Board of Counseling to recognize NCE as a valid examination for licensure.

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SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Board of Counseling; licensure of professional counselors without examination. Directs the Board of Counseling to recognize the National Counselor Examination as a valid examination for licensure as a professional counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104508D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106345D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/29/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108023D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB426ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/04/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/08/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104508D
• 01/08/24  House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
• 01/17/24  House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/06/24  House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106345D-H1
• 02/08/24  House: Read first time
• 02/09/24  House: Read second time
• 02/09/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106345D-H1
• 02/09/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB426H1
• 02/12/24  House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
• 02/12/24  House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/21/24  Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions
• 02/29/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/29/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108023D-S1
• 03/01/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/04/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108023D-S1
• 03/04/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB426S1
• 03/04/24  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N)
• 03/05/24  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108023D-S1 (71-Y 28-N)
• 03/05/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 28-N)
• 03/25/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB426ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/04/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 443 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/04/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)