republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-554.md

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Bill	Licenses or certificates; reciprocal licensing for neighboring states.	Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; reciprocal licensing for certain professionals from neighboring states. Requires the Real Estate Appraiser Board, the Real Estate Board, the Board for Waste Management Facility Operators, and the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals, upon application, to recognize current and valid licenses or certificates issued by a neighboring state, defined in the bill, as fulfillment of qualifications for licensure in the Commonwealth if there are no pending investigations or complaints, no disqualifying criminal records, and no discipline imposed by another state.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 554	Virginia SB 554 (2024)	bill		enacted	Emily M. Jordan	4	32	6	2024-01-10	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/58de1330-6a19-4c88-8e86-e0843506f748	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB554	7bd6272dccc1dfca8b629d097c16c4ac0072deb1f287845ef776a21795896cc5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 554 (2024) — Licenses or certificates; reciprocal licensing for neighboring states.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; reciprocal licensing for certain professionals from neighboring states. Requires the Real Estate Appraiser Board, the Real Estate Board, the Board for Waste Management Facility Operators, and the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals, upon application, to recognize current and valid licenses or certificates issued by a neighboring state, defined in the bill, as fulfillment of qualifications for licensure in the Commonwealth if there are no pending investigations or complaints, no disqualifying criminal records, and no discipline imposed by another state.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0157 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105374D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104600D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB554ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104600D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB554)
• 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-31 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24105374D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB554S1)
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24105374D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB554S1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (39-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
• 2024-02-14 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB554ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB554ER)
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 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
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 157 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58de1330-6a19-4c88-8e86-e0843506f748. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).