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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licenses or certificates; reciprocal licensing for neighboring states."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 554"
citation: "Virginia SB 554 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Jordan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58de1330-6a19-4c88-8e86-e0843506f748"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB554"
source_hash: "7bd6272dccc1dfca8b629d097c16c4ac0072deb1f287845ef776a21795896cc5"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0157)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105374D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB554S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104600D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB554)
4. **SB554ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB554ER)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58de1330-6a19-4c88-8e86-e0843506f748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).