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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 682: Health professions; universal licensure, requirements.

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

SB 682 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 18, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Health professions; universal licensure, requirements. Primary sponsor: David Suetterlein (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Rules.

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.

Health professions; universal licensure; requirements. Requires health regulatory boards within the Department of Health Professions to recognize licenses or certifications issued by other United States jurisdictions, as defined in the bill, as fulfillment for licensure or certification in the Commonwealth if certain conditions are met. The bill also requires such health regulatory boards to recognize work experience as fulfillment for licensure or certification in the Commonwealth if certain conditions are met. The bill does not apply to licensure for physicians or dentists.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David SuetterleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4

“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 Rules
  2. Impact statement from DPB (SB682S1)
  3. Continued to 2025 in Rules (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
  4. Rereferred to Rules
  5. Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
  6. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB682S1
  7. Committee substitute agreed to 24106958D-S1
  8. Reading of substitute waived
  9. Read second time
  10. Committee substitute printed 24106513D-S1
  11. Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
  12. Impact statement from DPB (SB682)

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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