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type: "Bill"
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title: "Geologists; regulations, exemptions."
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description: "Professions and occupations; regulation of geologists; exemptions. Exempts the practice of geology by any officer, employee, agent, or contractor of the United States of America when practicing solely as such from the licensing requirements for professional geologists."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1291"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1291 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Wiley"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637d2e85-39cf-4c3b-8882-1dfddd414e5e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1291"
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source_hash: "44d3b7600bf35fb442411299eba26dd4795fb33c2adc624eaa688234f727c945"
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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 1291 (2026) — Geologists; regulations, exemptions.
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Professions and occupations; regulation of geologists; exemptions. Exempts the practice of geology by any officer, employee, agent, or contractor of the United States of America when practicing solely as such from the licensing requirements for professional geologists.
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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/1088077.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217210.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209100.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **95–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Wiley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 26101526D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1291)
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1291ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1291)
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- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 282 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282)
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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/637d2e85-39cf-4c3b-8882-1dfddd414e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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