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| Bill | Contractors, Board for; examinations available in alternative languages. | Board for Contractors; examinations; alternative languages. Provides that any exam offered by the Board for Contractors that averaged over 50 administrations per year over the preceding four-year period shall be made available in any language that meets the threshold for having election materials printed in that language pursuant to state election law. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 165 | Virginia HB 165 (2026) |
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5 | 31 | 7 | 2026-01-06 | 2026-04-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/1bbfdbb0-ce36-43e7-ba2c-94f90b479062 | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB165 | d9c9c1fb3a316c4996e96776869b3f6943749a359687630a84a4ed17cd7c34be | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 165 (2026) — Contractors, Board for; examinations available in alternative languages.
Board for Contractors; examinations; alternative languages. Provides that any exam offered by the Board for Contractors that averaged over 50 administrations per year over the preceding four-year period shall be made available in any language that meets the threshold for having election materials printed in that language pursuant to state election law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 31–7 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 92–6 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 92–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101338D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-27 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB165)
- 2026-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-30 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-01-30 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 6-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 7-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-25 Senate amendment agreed to by House (92-Y 4-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-02 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB165ER)
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB165)
- 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 - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 80 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bbfdbb0-ce36-43e7-ba2c-94f90b479062. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).