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2024 SESSION
SB 239 Social Work Licensure Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact.
Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Social Work Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Social Work Licensure Compact. The Compact allows social workers who have or are eligible for an active, unencumbered license in the compact member state where they reside to apply for a multistate license. After verifying eligibility, the social worker is granted a multistate license that authorizes practice in all other compact member states. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh member state. This bill is identical to HB 326.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101999D pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB239ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101999D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/16/24 Senate: Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/24 Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
- 01/18/24 Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions
- 01/25/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/31/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/15/24 House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/24 House: Read second time
- 02/20/24 House: Read third time
- 02/20/24 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/20/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/20/24 House: Passed House with amendment (91-Y 6-N)
- 02/20/24 House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 6-N)
- 02/22/24 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N)
- 02/27/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB239ER)
- 02/27/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 704 (effective - see bill)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704)