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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contractors; exemption from licensure for work providing remodeling, etc., valued at $25,000, etc."
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description: "Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure. Exempts from the \"licensure requirements for contractors\" any work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $25,000 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor. Current law provides this exemption to such work valued at $5,000 or less per project."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 121"
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citation: "Virginia SB 121 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Travis Hackworth"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-07"
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last_action: "2022-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db789130-7aa1-497a-981a-38f1a5625476"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB121"
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source_hash: "bc13811366c461a6b5d7a78b561004bb37456e6c181c930b392f2337f85c523f"
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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 SB 121 (2022) — Contractors; exemption from licensure for work providing remodeling, etc., valued at $25,000, etc.
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Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure. Exempts from the "licensure requirements for contractors" any work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $25,000 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor. Current law provides this exemption to such work valued at $5,000 or less per project.
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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. **CHAP0149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0149)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101399D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB121)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 22101399D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB121E)
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4. **SB121ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB121ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Committee amendment agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N 1-A) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)
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- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101399D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB121)
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- **2022-01-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-24** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2022-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB121E
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- **2022-01-24** Printed as engrossed 22101399D-E
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- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB121E)
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Passed House (58-Y 40-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N 1-A)
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- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB121ER)
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 149 (effective 7/1/22) `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/db789130-7aa1-497a-981a-38f1a5625476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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