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type: "Bill"
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title: "Architects; alternative to education requirement for licensure."
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description: "Professions and occupations; alternative to education requirement for licensure of architects. Requires the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects to adopt regulations establishing work and education experience equivalencies that shall provide an alternative to the requirement of a professional degree in architecture from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing a credit system to account for varying degrees of work and education experience and to develop requirements for applicants seeking licensure to certify work and education experience on an annual basis. The bill requires the Board to evaluate any past work or education experience of any applicant under this bill until July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to HB 2154."
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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: "SB 1310"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1310 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3db1ea7-a064-49f3-947d-3377aa515901"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1310"
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source_hash: "ef19409c836173921e0bd48ab167981ad8f94fdd94bb2c69e93f6ce5aed6f65d"
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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 SB 1310 (2025) — Architects; alternative to education requirement for licensure.
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Professions and occupations; alternative to education requirement for licensure of architects. Requires the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects to adopt regulations establishing work and education experience equivalencies that shall provide an alternative to the requirement of a professional degree in architecture from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing a credit system to account for varying degrees of work and education experience and to develop requirements for applicants seeking licensure to certify work and education experience on an annual basis. The bill requires the Board to evaluate any past work or education experience of any applicant under this bill until July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to HB 2154.
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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/1018733.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077648.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023467.PDF)
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4. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1043366.HTML)
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5. **General Laws and Technology Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021518.HTML)
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6. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046775.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051276.PDF)
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## Votes
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- House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104513D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1310)
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- **2025-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-20** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-01-20** General Laws and Technology Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-01-20** Printed as engrossed 25104513D-E
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- **2025-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1310)
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- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-11** General Laws Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-02-11** Passed House with amendment (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1310ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1310)
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- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 541 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541)
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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/d3db1ea7-a064-49f3-947d-3377aa515901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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