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| Bill | Architects; alternative to education requirement for licensure. | Professions and occupations; alternative to education requirement for licensure of architects. Requires the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects to adopt regulations establishing work and education experience equivalencies that shall provide an alternative to the requirement of a professional degree in architecture from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing a credit system to account for varying degrees of work and education experience and to develop requirements for applicants seeking licensure to certify work and education experience on an annual basis. The bill requires the Board to evaluate any past work or education experience of any applicant under this bill until July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 1310. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2154 | Virginia HB 2154 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2154 (2025) — Architects; alternative to education requirement for licensure.
Professions and occupations; alternative to education requirement for licensure of architects. Requires the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects to adopt regulations establishing work and education experience equivalencies that shall provide an alternative to the requirement of a professional degree in architecture from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing a credit system to account for varying degrees of work and education experience and to develop requirements for applicants seeking licensure to certify work and education experience on an annual basis. The bill requires the Board to evaluate any past work or education experience of any applicant under this bill until July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 1310.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) — 98–1 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104486D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-01-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2154)
- 2025-01-20 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2025-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-28 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-31 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2025-01-31 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-31 General Laws Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-01-31 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-01-31 Printed as engrossed 25104486D-E
- 2025-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2154)
- 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 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 (HB2154ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2154)
- 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 Approved by Governor-Chapter 534 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26512f88-de76-45fb-8c53-086265fc8653. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).