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Bill Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation and inspections, report. Virginia Consumer Protection Act; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; mold remediation; emergency. Prohibits the selling or offering for sale of services as a professional mold remediator to be performed upon any residential dwelling without holding a mold remediation certification from a nationally or internationally recognized certifying body for mold remediation. The bill also requires such professionals to comply with pertinent standards in conducting remediation. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to study the state of the mold inspection and mold remediation workforce in the Commonwealth to determine whether the licensure or certification of mold inspectors and remediators would benefit the public health, safety, and welfare and submit a report by January 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 2355 and contains an emergency clause. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2195 Virginia HB 2195 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2195 (2025) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation and inspections, report.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; mold remediation; emergency. Prohibits the selling or offering for sale of services as a professional mold remediator to be performed upon any residential dwelling without holding a mold remediation certification from a nationally or internationally recognized certifying body for mold remediation. The bill also requires such professionals to comply with pertinent standards in conducting remediation. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to study the state of the mold inspection and mold remediation workforce in the Commonwealth to determine whether the licensure or certification of mold inspectors and remediators would benefit the public health, safety, and welfare and submit a report by January 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 2355 and contains an emergency clause.

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. HGL Sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
  • Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
  • Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
  • David Owen — cosponsor (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
  • Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-13-2025 25101246D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-01-07 Emergency clause
  • 2025-01-20 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2195)
  • 2025-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Incorporates HB2355(Wilt)
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106591D-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 (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2025-02-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2195)
  • 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 (HB2195ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2195)
  • 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
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 251 (Effective 03/21/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1722e0b2-0484-48ac-9679-3d4058747410. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).