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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Natural gas automobile mechanics and technicians; removal of certification requirement."
+description: "Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; natural gas automobile mechanics and technicians; removalof certification requirement. Removes the certification requirement for, and associated regulatory authority over, the occupation ofnatural gas automobile mechanics and technicians by the Departmentof Professional and Occupational Regulation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 932"
+citation: "Virginia HB 932 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbae943b-9d69-411d-9923-91fdd6c46e05"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB932"
+source_hash: "82656ba383ad6e24241379fea248f2c4ca77a24c251b8c0d5038f32077c11639"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 932 (2020) — Natural gas automobile mechanics and technicians; removal of certification requirement.
+
+Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; natural gas automobile mechanics and technicians; removalof certification requirement. Removes the certification requirement for, and associated regulatory authority over, the occupation ofnatural gas automobile mechanics and technicians by the Departmentof Professional and Occupational Regulation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1168)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1168)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB932ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB932ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB932)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB932)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102887D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB932)
+- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
+- **2020-01-21** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-27** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
+- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB932ER)
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1168 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbae943b-9d69-411d-9923-91fdd6c46e05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+