republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1182.md

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Bill	Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements.	Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals,and Geologists; professional wetland delineator certification requirements.Removes the requirement that an applicant for certification asa professional wetland delineator provide the Board for ProfessionalSoil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists three writtenreferences from wetland professionals. The bill also replaces therequirement that an applicant with a bachelor's degree in a relevantfield have successfully completed a course of instruction, in stateand federal wetland delineation methods and four years of relevantexperience to be certified with two years of such experience. Finally,for applicants seeking certification through experience, the billreduces to three years the required experience that the applicantmust have in wetland delineation, in wetland science research, oras a teacher of wetlands curriculum in an accredited institutionof higher education in order to be certified.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1182	Virginia HB 1182 (2024)	bill		enacted	N. Baxter Ennis	4	30	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/96292596-6b0a-42a2-a793-be2c2c7ca2a6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1182	0cf1dc20c3a92479a60d866063f569354a3744be1b8bce9e81744417d097f994	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1182 (2024) — Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements.

Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals,and Geologists; professional wetland delineator certification requirements.Removes the requirement that an applicant for certification asa professional wetland delineator provide the Board for ProfessionalSoil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists three writtenreferences from wetland professionals. The bill also replaces therequirement that an applicant with a bachelor's degree in a relevantfield have successfully completed a course of instruction, in stateand federal wetland delineation methods and four years of relevantexperience to be certified with two years of such experience. Finally,for applicants seeking certification through experience, the billreduces to three years the required experience that the applicantmust have in wetland delineation, in wetland science research, oras a teacher of wetlands curriculum in an accredited institutionof higher education in order to be certified.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0545 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107393D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1182ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102123D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• N. Baxter Ennis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102123D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB1182)
• 2024-02-08 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-08 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107393D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1182H1)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107393D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1182H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1182ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1182ER)
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96292596-6b0a-42a2-a793-be2c2c7ca2a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).