republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-463.md

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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 HB 1337.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 463	Virginia SB 463 (2024)	bill		enacted	T. Travis Hackworth	4	30	5	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/db013791-fd21-46a9-8e93-2ca72df4e07f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB463	0a16634c423b964aef83a89948ff7ba94aac4fe9e1c69fc1af9df38aff3e0976	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 463 (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 HB 1337. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0677 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106014D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104472D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB463ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)
• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104472D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB463)
• 2024-01-24 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-24 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-24 Committee substitute printed 24106014D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB463S1)
• 2024-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 24106014D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB463S1 substitution
• 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB463ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB463ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-29 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db013791-fd21-46a9-8e93-2ca72df4e07f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).