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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements."
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description: "Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals,and Geologists; professional wetland delineator certification requirements.Removes the requirement that an applicant for certification asa professional wetland delineator provide the Board for ProfessionalSoil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists three writtenreferences from wetland professionals. The bill also replaces therequirement that an applicant with a bachelor's degree in a relevantfield have successfully completed a course of instruction, in stateand federal wetland delineation methods and four years of relevantexperience to be certified with two years of such experience. Finally,for applicants seeking certification through experience, the billreduces to three years the required experience that the applicantmust have in wetland delineation, in wetland science research, oras a teacher of wetlands curriculum in an accredited institutionof higher education in order to be certified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1182"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1182 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["N. Baxter Ennis"]
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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: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96292596-6b0a-42a2-a793-be2c2c7ca2a6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1182"
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source_hash: "0cf1dc20c3a92479a60d866063f569354a3744be1b8bce9e81744417d097f994"
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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 1182 (2024) — Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements.
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Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals,and Geologists; professional wetland delineator certification requirements.Removes the requirement that an applicant for certification asa professional wetland delineator provide the Board for ProfessionalSoil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists three writtenreferences from wetland professionals. The bill also replaces therequirement that an applicant with a bachelor's degree in a relevantfield have successfully completed a course of instruction, in stateand federal wetland delineation methods and four years of relevantexperience to be certified with two years of such experience. Finally,for applicants seeking certification through experience, the billreduces to three years the required experience that the applicantmust have in wetland delineation, in wetland science research, oras a teacher of wetlands curriculum in an accredited institutionof higher education in order to be certified.
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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. **CHAP0545** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0545)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107393D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1182H1)
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3. **HB1182ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1182ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102123D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1182)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- N. Baxter Ennis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102123D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1182)
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- **2024-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24107393D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1182H1)
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107393D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1182H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1182ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1182ER)
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)
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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/96292596-6b0a-42a2-a793-be2c2c7ca2a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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