republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-870.md

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Bill	Accountancy, Board of; licensing requirements, inactive and emeritus status.	Board of Accountancy; licensing requirements; inactive and emeritus status. Directs the Board of Accountancy to establish "Inactive" and "Emeritus" CPA license statuses for licensees who no longer provide services to the public or services to or on behalf of an employer. The bill requires the Board to develop guidelines to provide active and inactive licensees additional clarity governing the manner in which such licensees should reference autobiographical and biographical information with respect to their CPA licensure to remain historically accurate and compliant with the law and relevant regulations. The bill directs the Board of Accountancy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 228 and is identical to SB 605.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 870	Virginia HB 870 (2026)	bill		enacted	Stacey Annie Carroll	6	32	6	2026-01-13	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/854a9bea-f3f1-48f5-adf4-2f65fb2e3e5c	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB870	9aeecd4065cdac5cd4112fd6b0c131e8a127d580b93c894273024d131fa4efca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 870 (2026) — Accountancy, Board of; licensing requirements, inactive and emeritus status.

Board of Accountancy; licensing requirements; inactive and emeritus status. Directs the Board of Accountancy to establish "Inactive" and "Emeritus" CPA license statuses for licensees who no longer provide services to the public or services to or on behalf of an employer. The bill requires the Board to develop guidelines to provide active and inactive licensees additional clarity governing the manner in which such licensees should reference autobiographical and biographical information with respect to their CPA licensure to remain historically accurate and compliant with the law and relevant regulations. The bill directs the Board of Accountancy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 228 and is identical to SB 605.

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. General Laws Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 20–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stacey Annie Carroll — primary (person)
• Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104264D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
• 2026-01-26 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-03 Incorporates HB228 (McNamara)
• 2026-02-03 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-03 Committee substitute printed 26106693D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
• 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-06 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 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 (HB870ER) passage
• 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
• 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
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 234 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0234)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/854a9bea-f3f1-48f5-adf4-2f65fb2e3e5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).