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| Bill | Behavior Analysis, Advisory Board on; amends composition. | Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis; composition. Amends the composition of the Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis to require that three members shall be licensed behavior analysts or licensed assistant behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years. Under current law, the composition of the Advisory Board requires two licensed behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years and one licensed assistant behavior analyst who has practiced for at least three years. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 465 | Virginia HB 465 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 465 (2026) — Behavior Analysis, Advisory Board on; amends composition.
Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis; composition. Amends the composition of the Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis to require that three members shall be licensed behavior analysts or licensed assistant behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years. Under current law, the composition of the Advisory Board requires two licensed behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years and one licensed assistant behavior analyst who has practiced for at least three years.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101636D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB465)
- 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-03 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-05 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB465ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB465)
- 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-05 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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 618 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c7c045e-eff7-45e2-ab86-a60707c29bb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).