Virginia Senate Bill 1279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids. Clarifies that licensure by the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians is not required for a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other like organization engaged in the business of selling prescription hearing aids, defined in the bill as a hearing aid that is not an over-the-counter hearing aid, provided that it employs only licensed practitioners in the direct sale and fitting of prescription hearing aids.

Over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids; licensure not required by certain corporations, etc.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2023-02-17 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)
2023-03-22		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 274 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-22	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1279ER)
2023-02-22	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-17	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	Read third time
2023-02-16	House	Read second time
2023-02-14	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-31	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23104205D-E
2023-01-30	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1279E
2023-01-30	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2023-01-30	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2023-01-30	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-19	Senate	Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
2023-01-19	Senate	Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104205D

HB1833 (Same As) 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273)
HB1833 (Same As) 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	1500	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	1501	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	1504	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	1505	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1279
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1279+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1279E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1279ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0274+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105501A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1279AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1279F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1279FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1279FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0022+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0061+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0133SB1279+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0155SB1279+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H12V0191+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1959+SB1279