Virginia Senate Bill 1189 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on January 25 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Licensure of occupational therapists; Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and directs the Board of Medicine to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state. Licensure of occupational therapists; Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Occupational Therapy Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in Compact member states, provided that they are licensed in at least one member state. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and directs the Board of Medicine to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted by a tenth member state.

Occupational therapists; licensure.

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]

Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]

2021-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2021-02-02	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2021-02-02	House	Read first time
2021-02-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-01-26	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-01-25	Senate	Printed as engrossed 21101278D-E
2021-01-25	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1189E
2021-01-25	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2021-01-25	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2021-01-25	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2021-01-21	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-13	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2021-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2021-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101278D

SB1189 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2956.7:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1189
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1189+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1189E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+SB1189AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1189FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S04V0031+SB1189
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0120SB1189+SB1189
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0080SB1189+SB1189