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| Bill | Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; universal license recognition. | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; universal license recognition. Reduces from three years to one year the number of years an individual is required to have held a professional or occupational license or government certification in another state in order to apply to the regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and be issued an occupational license or government certification under the universal license recognition program. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1117 | Virginia HB 1117 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1117 (2026) — Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; universal license recognition.
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; universal license recognition. Reduces from three years to one year the number of years an individual is required to have held a professional or occupational license or government certification in another state in order to apply to the regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and be issued an occupational license or government certification under the universal license recognition program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- May Nivar — primary (person)
- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103756D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1117)
- 2026-02-03 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-06 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1117ER)
passage - 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1117)
- 2026-02-25 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-25 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 448 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69c056cd-d35b-49ee-b94f-297b6a193ac5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).