republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1019.md

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Bill	Board of Accountancy.	Amends provisions governing the regulation of certified public accountants (CPAs) by the Board of Accountancy, including (i) clarifying that CPAs are subject to the continuing professional education requirements without regard to whether they use the CPA title when providing services to the public, (ii) prohibiting a CPA from practicing under an expired license, and (iii) requiring that employment experience reported on a license application be verified by a licensed CPA. The bill extends from three to five years the time for filing a complaint against an out-of-state CPA or CPA firm. The bill also requires a CPA firm to enroll in a peer review program only if the firm provides services that fall within the scope of a peer review program. Under current law, all CPA firms are required to enroll in a peer review program regardless of the type of services provided.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1019	Virginia SB 1019 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Professions and Occupations	enacted	George L. Barker	4	20	6	2017-01-04	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5b0fbb63-e018-4bf5-b7c9-6875cdf7b469	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1019	8434080b9f19eabecf14f6f45a62e3e963a43460a2d645db130768e5aa4c7d3b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1019 (2017) — Board of Accountancy.

Amends provisions governing the regulation of certified public accountants (CPAs) by the Board of Accountancy, including (i) clarifying that CPAs are subject to the continuing professional education requirements without regard to whether they use the CPA title when providing services to the public, (ii) prohibiting a CPA from practicing under an expired license, and (iii) requiring that employment experience reported on a license application be verified by a licensed CPA. The bill extends from three to five years the time for filing a complaint against an out-of-state CPA or CPA firm. The bill also requires a CPA firm to enroll in a peer review program only if the firm provides services that fall within the scope of a peer review program. Under current law, all CPA firms are required to enroll in a peer review program regardless of the type of services provided.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1019ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101270D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101270D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• George L. Barker — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101270D introduction
• 2017-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Reading of amendments waived
• 2017-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-01-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1019E
• 2017-01-26 Printed as engrossed 17101270D-E
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b0fbb63-e018-4bf5-b7c9-6875cdf7b469. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).