republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-605.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 is identical to HB 870.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 605	Virginia SB 605 (2026)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	6	35	6	2026-01-14	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/c3982fac-ef3f-4a66-94e2-215f5ce3dc66	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB605	fd422aa2a231b579302dc630e90202929d03427c84d4f56b860d194c290a711b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 605 (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 is identical to HB 870.

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 and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur House Amendment R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100779D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB605)
• 2026-02-04 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26105604D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB605)
• 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-09 General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 House committee offered
• 2026-02-19 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-24 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-24 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-24 Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-26 House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-02 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB605ER) passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB605)
• 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-02 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 235 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3982fac-ef3f-4a66-94e2-215f5ce3dc66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).