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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavior Analysis, Advisory Board on; amends composition."
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description: "Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis; composition. Amends the composition of the Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis to require that three members shall be licensed behavior analysts or licensed assistant behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years. Under current law, the composition of the Advisory Board requires two licensed behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years and one licensed assistant behavior analyst who has practiced for at least three years."
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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 465"
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citation: "Virginia HB 465 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c7c045e-eff7-45e2-ab86-a60707c29bb0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB465"
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source_hash: "13eef33967d89f1336349361fde9e7b219d07b6ccb331b10e64b257bf3340435"
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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 465 (2026) — Behavior Analysis, Advisory Board on; amends composition.
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Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis; composition. Amends the composition of the Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis to require that three members shall be licensed behavior analysts or licensed assistant behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years. Under current law, the composition of the Advisory Board requires two licensed behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years and one licensed assistant behavior analyst who has practiced for at least three years.
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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/1084554.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221501.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193895.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101636D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB465)
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- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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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 Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB465ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB465)
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
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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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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 618 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618)
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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/2c7c045e-eff7-45e2-ab86-a60707c29bb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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