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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2251: International licensure and certification; regulations.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2251 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: International licensure and certification; regulations. Primary sponsor: Michelle Lopes Maldonado. Most recent recorded action (January 28, 2025): Incorporated by General Laws (HB1940-Willett) (Voice Vote).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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 was incorporated into HB 1940.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michelle Lopes MaldonadoPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Incorporated by General Laws (HB1940-Willett) (Voice Vote)
  2. Subcommittee recommends incorporating into HB1940-Willett (Voice Vote)
  3. Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
  4. Referred to Committee on General Laws
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103291D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source