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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional & Occupational Regulation, Department of; amendments for purposes of regulatory boards."
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description: "Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. Makes several amendments for the purposes of regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to include (i) removing the exemption for a person engaged in the practice of engineering, architecture, or land surveying as a full-time, salaried employee of the Commonwealth on March 8, 1992, from certain licensure requirements provided the employee does not furnish advisory service for compensation to the public in connection with engineering, architecture, or land surveying; (ii) providing that any state agency or political subdivision that is unable to employ a qualified licensed engineer, architect, or land surveyor to fill a responsible charge position, after a reasonable and unsuccessful search, may fill the position with an unlicensed person upon the determination by the chief administrative officer of the agency or political subdivision that the person, by virtue of education, experience, and expertise, can perform the work required of the position; (iii) directing the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians to promulgate regulations for the issuance of training permits and work permits; and (iv) repealing provisions of the Code allowing for the waiver of examinations for wax technicians and estheticians. The bill contains technical amendments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1254"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1254 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce0be926-d592-45ca-97ff-a0accbaf383f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1254"
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source_hash: "7b2dfd0ed6f1187907caed54c017222aea6cf377f11ea87ada02073a6f0ee37e"
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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 1254 (2026) — Professional & Occupational Regulation, Department of; amendments for purposes of regulatory boards.
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Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. Makes several amendments for the purposes of regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to include (i) removing the exemption for a person engaged in the practice of engineering, architecture, or land surveying as a full-time, salaried employee of the Commonwealth on March 8, 1992, from certain licensure requirements provided the employee does not furnish advisory service for compensation to the public in connection with engineering, architecture, or land surveying; (ii) providing that any state agency or political subdivision that is unable to employ a qualified licensed engineer, architect, or land surveyor to fill a responsible charge position, after a reasonable and unsuccessful search, may fill the position with an unlicensed person upon the determination by the chief administrative officer of the agency or political subdivision that the person, by virtue of education, experience, and expertise, can perform the work required of the position; (iii) directing the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians to promulgate regulations for the issuance of training permits and work permits; and (iv) repealing provisions of the Code allowing for the waiver of examinations for wax technicians and estheticians. The bill contains technical amendments.
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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/1087909.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217966.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115327.PDF)
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4. **Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103337.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177990.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101487D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Committee substitute printed 26106513D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1254)
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1254ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1254)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)
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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/ce0be926-d592-45ca-97ff-a0accbaf383f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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