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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 248: Autonomous agent; regulations for an applicant requesting licensure of an agent.

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 248 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 4, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Autonomous agent; regulations for an applicant requesting licensure of an agent. Primary sponsor: Jackie Glass (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in General Laws.

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; autonomous agent. Authorizes regulatory boards to promulgate regulations for an applicant requesting licensure of an autonomous agent that is owned or operated by such applicant. Autonomous agent is defined in the bill as software or hardware that operates independently, without real-time human intervention, and is capable of performing tasks that, when executed by a human, would require licensure by a regulatory board.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jackie GlassPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse93

“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. Left in General Laws
  2. Continued to 2025 in General Laws (Voice Vote)
  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
  4. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  5. Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
  6. Impact statement from DPB (HB248)
  7. Referred to Committee on General Laws
  8. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100683D

Sources

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