republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-1835.md

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Bill	Geologists; regulation, licensure, penalty.	Professions and occupations; regulation of geologists; licensure; penalty. Provides that professional geologists shall be licensed by the Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists. Under current law, professional geologists are certified by the Board. The bill requires the Board to issue a license to any individual who holds an unexpired certification to practice as a geologist issued prior to July 1, 2025. The bill also makes any person practicing or offering to practice geology without holding such license from the Board guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective within 280 days of the bill's enactment.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 1835	Virginia HB 1835 (2025)	bill		enacted	Bill Wiley	6	34	7	2025-01-06	2025-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1c9a6abc-f381-46ba-9f1e-2c6fa731ab88	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1835	705d4596ec5835ab1e47dcabba76625f6c49a8cf818e8e6f62f79831f08af497	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1835 (2025) — Geologists; regulation, licensure, penalty.

Professions and occupations; regulation of geologists; licensure; penalty. Provides that professional geologists shall be licensed by the Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists. Under current law, professional geologists are certified by the Board. The bill requires the Board to issue a license to any individual who holds an unexpired certification to practice as a geologist issued prior to July 1, 2025. The bill also makes any person practicing or offering to practice geology without holding such license from the Board guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective within 280 days of the bill's enactment.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. General Laws Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed by for the day — 47–46 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N) — 91–6 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Wiley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102525D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
• 2025-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25105755D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-03 General Laws Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
• 2025-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-17 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1835ER) passage
• 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
• 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-04-02 Passed by for the day
• 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
• 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 722 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c9a6abc-f381-46ba-9f1e-2c6fa731ab88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).