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type: "Bill"
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title: "Board of Accountancy."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1019"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1019 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-04"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b0fbb63-e018-4bf5-b7c9-6875cdf7b469"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1019"
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source_hash: "8434080b9f19eabecf14f6f45a62e3e963a43460a2d645db130768e5aa4c7d3b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1019 (2017) — Board of Accountancy.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0403)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1019ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1019ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101270D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1019)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101270D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1019E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- George L. Barker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101270D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-01-26** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1019E
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- **2017-01-26** Printed as engrossed 17101270D-E
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b0fbb63-e018-4bf5-b7c9-6875cdf7b469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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