republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1939.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulatory boards; adjustment of fees, distribution of excess fees to regulants."
description: "Provides that following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation shows that unspent and unencumbered revenue exceeds $100,000 or 20 percent of the total expenses allocated to the regulatory board for the past biennium, whichever is greater, the regulatory board must (i) distribute all such excess revenue to current regulants and (ii) reduce the fees levied by it for certification, licensure, registration, or permit and renewal thereof so that the fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. Under current law, these boards are required to adjust their fees when their account shows expenses allocated to it for the past biennium to be more than 10 percent greater or less than moneys collected on behalf of the board. Current law does not require the boards to distribute excess funds to regulants. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1939"
citation: "Virginia HB 1939 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-06"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b27803a-0213-4f98-b223-00270d07c1a6"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1939"
source_hash: "bdabfa7f58a189338968efa41d714bc52582c8b15f466d95c776e2cc5cd46a11"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1939 (2019) — Regulatory boards; adjustment of fees, distribution of excess fees to regulants.

Provides that following the close of any biennium, when the account for any regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation shows that unspent and unencumbered revenue exceeds $100,000 or 20 percent of the total expenses allocated to the regulatory board for the past biennium, whichever is greater, the regulatory board must (i) distribute all such excess revenue to current regulants and (ii) reduce the fees levied by it for certification, licensure, registration, or permit and renewal thereof so that the fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses. Under current law, these boards are required to adjust their fees when their account shows expenses allocated to it for the past biennium to be more than 10 percent greater or less than moneys collected on behalf of the board. Current law does not require the boards to distribute excess funds to regulants. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0697)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1939AH)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1939ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1939ER)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101681D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1939)
5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101681D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1939E)
6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1939ASE)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101681D `introduction`
- **2019-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** Amendments by Delegate Webert agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB1939E
- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19101681D-E
- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Reading of amendments waived
- **2019-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Senate amendments agreed to by House (92-Y 1-N)
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled
- **2019-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
- **2019-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (effective 1/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b27803a-0213-4f98-b223-00270d07c1a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).