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type: "Bill"
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title: "Geologists; regulation, licensure, penalty."
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description: "Professions and occupations; regulation of geologists; licensure; penalty. Provides that professional geologists shall be licensed by the Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists. Under current law, professional geologists are certified by the Board. The bill requires the Board to issue a license to any individual who holds an unexpired certification to practice as a geologist issued prior to July 1, 2025. The bill also makes any person practicing or offering to practice geology without holding such license from the Board guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective within 280 days of the bill's enactment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1835"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1835 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Wiley"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c9a6abc-f381-46ba-9f1e-2c6fa731ab88"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1835"
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source_hash: "705d4596ec5835ab1e47dcabba76625f6c49a8cf818e8e6f62f79831f08af497"
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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 1835 (2025) — Geologists; regulation, licensure, penalty.
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Professions and occupations; regulation of geologists; licensure; penalty. Provides that professional geologists shall be licensed by the Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists. Under current law, professional geologists are certified by the Board. The bill requires the Board to issue a license to any individual who holds an unexpired certification to practice as a geologist issued prior to July 1, 2025. The bill also makes any person practicing or offering to practice geology without holding such license from the Board guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective within 280 days of the bill's enactment.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013213.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079970.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036228.PDF)
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4. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036491.PDF)
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5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073490.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057314.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed by for the day — **47–46** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Wiley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102525D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
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- **2025-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25105755D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** General Laws Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1835ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 722 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722)
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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/1c9a6abc-f381-46ba-9f1e-2c6fa731ab88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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