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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health and Human Services — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 980 (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).