HB 1562 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Music therapy; definition of music therapist, licensure.

Summary
Music therapy; licensure. Requires the Board of Social Work to adopt regulations establishing a regulatory structure to license music therapists in the Commonwealth and establishes an advisory board to assist the Board in this process. Under the bill, no person shall engage in the practice of music therapy or hold himself out or otherwise represent himself as a music therapist unless he is licensed by the Board. This bill is identical to SB 633.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 13, 2020 Signed Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Mar 3, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 103 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1562H1
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106167D-H1
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105438D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors