Occupation; legislation increasing or beginning regulation, evaluation required.
Summary
Provides that when any legislative bill requiring the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to increase or begin regulation of an occupation is filed during any session of the General Assembly, the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation shall prepare an evaluation of the legislation using criteria outlined in current law that the Board is required to use whenever the Board determines that a particular occupation should be regulated or that a different degree of regulation should be imposed on a currently regulated occupation.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Signed Mar 26, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 19, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Mar 26, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 812 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 21, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 18, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101677D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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