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 HB 1562.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Mar 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 233 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (87-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB633S1
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106549D-S1
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105169D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JV
Jill Vogel
RRepublican
Co
JA
Jennifer A. Kiggans
RRepublican
Co
SD
Siobhan Dunnavant
RRepublican
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