republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-350.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, etc., Bd. for; quorum & signature requirements."
description: "Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors,Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects; quorum andsignature requirements. Reduces from nine to six the number ofmembers of the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, LandSurveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects(the Board) constituting a quorum. The bill lowers the quorum requirementof two engineers, two architects, and two land surveyors to one engineer,one architect, and one land surveyor. Finally, the bill removes therequirement that licenses issued by the Board be signed by at leastfour members of the Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 350"
citation: "Virginia HB 350 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Owen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/657c32f4-cca1-4f60-9708-dd51b39d703f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB350"
source_hash: "f6aaace7167f10ace77dd2a37390e2345789f9000e6979a5099b49fd13730bf2"
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 350 (2024) — Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, etc., Bd. for; quorum & signature requirements.

Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors,Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects; quorum andsignature requirements. Reduces from nine to six the number ofmembers of the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, LandSurveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects(the Board) constituting a quorum. The bill lowers the quorum requirementof two engineers, two architects, and two land surveyors to one engineer,one architect, and one land surveyor. Finally, the bill removes therequirement that licenses issued by the Board be signed by at leastfour members of the Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0383** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0383)
2. **HB350ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB350ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102125D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB350)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24102125D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB350E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Owen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102125D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB350)
- **2024-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-06** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by House as amended HB350E
- **2024-02-09** Printed as engrossed 24102125D-E
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB350E)
- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB350ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB350ER)
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 383 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/657c32f4-cca1-4f60-9708-dd51b39d703f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).