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type: "Bill"
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title: "Forester title; educational criteria."
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description: "Authorizes a person who has met the educational criteria for Certified Forester, as reviewed and officially recognized in writing by the Society of American Foresters (the Society), to use the title of \"forester\" in connection with any practice of forestry. Current law limits such use of the title to a person who holds a baccalaureate or higher degree from an institution of higher education, having completed a degree program that is accredited by the Society and meets the Society's minimum education criteria in certain fields of study. The bill provides that no person shall be appointed by the Governor to serve as State Forester unless he meets certain requirements as set out in the bill. The bill contains technical amendments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2341"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2341 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Conservation", "Governor"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James E. Edmunds, II"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-02-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f865909-7ccd-44a0-96bd-25663e180105"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2341"
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source_hash: "4b4f70de09d268318c9beade13e153b79b881efdf1c573914dc606233589c064"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2341 (2019) — Forester title; educational criteria.
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Authorizes a person who has met the educational criteria for Certified Forester, as reviewed and officially recognized in writing by the Society of American Foresters (the Society), to use the title of "forester" in connection with any practice of forestry. Current law limits such use of the title to a person who holds a baccalaureate or higher degree from an institution of higher education, having completed a degree program that is accredited by the Society and meets the Society's minimum education criteria in certain fields of study. The bill provides that no person shall be appointed by the Governor to serve as State Forester unless he meets certain requirements as set out in the bill. The bill contains technical amendments.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0158)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2341)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2341ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2341ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105643D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2341H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101882D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2341)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101882D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19105643D-H1
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2341H1
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
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- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 158 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f865909-7ccd-44a0-96bd-25663e180105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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