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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities."
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description: "Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1946"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1946 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wachsmann"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df540ec5-5102-4aae-930d-12e652656bc3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1946"
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source_hash: "7a30fab35ed44547246337562520bcc2cef6ff35e2c121901d3c15acd1bd3cf2"
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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 1946 (2023) — Behavior analysts or assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria, certifying entities.
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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. **CHAP0693** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0693)
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2. **HB1946ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1946ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102108D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1946)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wachsmann — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102108D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1946)
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- **2023-01-19** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1946ER) `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1946ER)
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- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)
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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/df540ec5-5102-4aae-930d-12e652656bc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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