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type: "Bill"
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title: "Architects; alternative to education requirement for licensure."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2154"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2154 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26512f88-de76-45fb-8c53-086265fc8653"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2154"
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source_hash: "533306c1bef2598b091e6f463a8c663c0f76e120c3964f5d294bca5c0f917ddd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2154 (2025) — Architects; alternative to education requirement for licensure.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015320.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077515.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033017.PDF)
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4. **General Laws Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028056.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057309.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104486D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2154)
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- **2025-01-20** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-28** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-31** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** General Laws Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-01-31** Printed as engrossed 25104486D-E
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2154)
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- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2154ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2154)
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 534 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26512f88-de76-45fb-8c53-086265fc8653`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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