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type: "Bill"
title: "Certified public accountant; educational requirements to qualify for CPA licensure."
description: "Certified public accountant; educational requirements. Clarifies education and experience requirements for candidates to qualify for CPA licensure. The bill also provides that, to qualify for practice privileges within the Commonwealth, an individual must have a license in good standing in another jurisdiction and have passed the CPA examination. The bill directs the Board of Accountancy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 2042."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1042"
citation: "Virginia SB 1042 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/929266ec-922d-4ca3-956d-70d6aef1a745"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1042"
source_hash: "2db2dad22c2af4469f7d92d5b974d2cd12581130e3f756d6ee3dd3321db887b0"
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 SB 1042 (2025) — Certified public accountant; educational requirements to qualify for CPA licensure.
Certified public accountant; educational requirements. Clarifies education and experience requirements for candidates to qualify for CPA licensure. The bill also provides that, to qualify for practice privileges within the Commonwealth, an individual must have a license in good standing in another jurisdiction and have passed the CPA examination. The bill directs the Board of Accountancy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 2042.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017624.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077636.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036118.PDF)
4. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021458.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047322.PDF)
## Votes
- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **940** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101090D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1042)
- **2025-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
- **2025-01-31** General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-01-31** Printed as engrossed 25101090D-E
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1042)
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1042ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1042)
- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 539 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/929266ec-922d-4ca3-956d-70d6aef1a745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).