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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) — **202** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **962** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (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).