Virginia Senate Bill 245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Health Professions; conversion therapy prohibited. Prohibits any health care provider or person who performs counseling as part of his training for any profession licensed by a regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions from engaging in conversion therapy, as defined in the bill, with any person under 18 years of age and provides that such counseling constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for disciplinary action. The bill provides that no state funds shall be expended for the purpose of conducting conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age, referring a person under 18 years of age for conversion therapy, or extending health benefits coverage for conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age.

Conversion therapy; prohibited by certain health care providers.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (62-Y 35-N) (Y: 62 N: 35 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (17-Y 5-N) (Y: 17 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (17-Y 5-N) (Y: 17 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) (Y: 20 N: 18 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 721 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER)
2020-03-05	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-28	House	VOTE: Passage (62-Y 35-N)
2020-02-28	House	Passed House (62-Y 35-N)
2020-02-28	House	Read third time
2020-02-27	House	Read second time
2020-02-25	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (17-Y 5-N)
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-02-18	House	Read first time
2020-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-21	Senate	Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
2020-01-20	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20101090D-E
2020-01-20	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB245E
2020-01-20	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-20	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-01-20	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-01-16	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
2020-01-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101090D

HB386 (Same As) 2020-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2409.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB245
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB245+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB245E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB245ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0721+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0034+SB0245
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0063SB0245+SB0245
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0093SB0245+SB0245
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0105SB0245+SB0245
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0106SB0245+SB0245
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0364+SB0245
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0411+SB0245
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1613+SB0245