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Bill	Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board.	Board of Accountancy; powers and duties. Repeals the requirement for an annual audit of the Board of Accountancy and amends several Code provisions relating to the Board. The bill changes the Secretariat of the Board from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Finance. The bill authorizes the Board to initiate complaints against (i) individuals or firms claiming to hold a Virginia license, as defined in the bill, and (ii) unlicensed individuals or firms using the certified public accountant title in Virginia, as defined in the bill. The bill also grants the Executive Director of the Board the power to request and receive reports from the Central Criminal Records Exchange in conjunction with the Executive Director's investigative and enforcement powers. Finally, the bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 463.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1337	Virginia HB 1337 (2024)	bill		enacted	Chris S. Runion	3	29	7	2024-01-12	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/9a033d5b-3e5e-4f49-89ad-f8b0f54b03d7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1337	ba7c29b1ed1949d0a6816068de1cd108d5fd3f84eac855c74c05466c1ef3fa83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1337 (2024) — Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board.

Board of Accountancy; powers and duties. Repeals the requirement for an annual audit of the Board of Accountancy and amends several Code provisions relating to the Board. The bill changes the Secretariat of the Board from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Finance. The bill authorizes the Board to initiate complaints against (i) individuals or firms claiming to hold a Virginia license, as defined in the bill, and (ii) unlicensed individuals or firms using the certified public accountant title in Virginia, as defined in the bill. The bill also grants the Executive Director of the Board the power to request and receive reports from the Central Criminal Records Exchange in conjunction with the Executive Director's investigative and enforcement powers. Finally, the bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 463. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0654 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1337ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 24105160D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris S. Runion — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-12 Presented and ordered printed 24105160D introduction
• 2024-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1337)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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
• 2024-02-21 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-21 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-02-26 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 3-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1337ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1337ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 654 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a033d5b-3e5e-4f49-89ad-f8b0f54b03d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).