HB2040
Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)
Chief Patron:
Holly Seibold (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice; revocation or suspension of license; continuing education.
Adds speech-language pathology assistants to the professions governed by the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. The bill also establishes qualifications, scope of practice, and supervision requirements for speech-language pathology assistants. The bill directs the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology to adopt regulations governing the speech-language pathology assistant profession ... (More) by July 1, 2026, and specifies that the provisions governing the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. The bill also has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027, for individuals currently practicing as assistant speech-language pathologists under existing regulations. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104040D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/14/2025 - House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2040)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/28/2025 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105332D-H1
- 01/28/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2040)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/2025 - House: Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
- 01/31/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/03/2025 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106923D-S1
- 02/17/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2040)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (88-Y 7-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2040ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2040)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/02/2025 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (91-Y 3-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/02/2025 - House: Reenrolled
- 04/02/2025 - House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2040ER2)
- 04/02/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/02/2025 - House: Enacted, Chapter 649 (Effective 07/01/27)
- 04/02/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)
