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type: "Bill"
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title: "Accountancy, Board of; licensing requirements, inactive and emeritus status."
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description: "Board of Accountancy; licensing requirements; inactive and emeritus status. Directs the Board of Accountancy to establish \"Inactive\" and \"Emeritus\" CPA license statuses for licensees who no longer provide services to the public or services to or on behalf of an employer. The bill requires the Board to develop guidelines to provide active and inactive licensees additional clarity governing the manner in which such licensees should reference autobiographical and biographical information with respect to their CPA licensure to remain historically accurate and compliant with the law and relevant regulations. The bill directs the Board of Accountancy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 228 and is identical to SB 605."
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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 870"
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citation: "Virginia HB 870 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Annie Carroll"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/854a9bea-f3f1-48f5-adf4-2f65fb2e3e5c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB870"
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source_hash: "9aeecd4065cdac5cd4112fd6b0c131e8a127d580b93c894273024d131fa4efca"
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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 870 (2026) — Accountancy, Board of; licensing requirements, inactive and emeritus status.
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Board of Accountancy; licensing requirements; inactive and emeritus status. Directs the Board of Accountancy to establish "Inactive" and "Emeritus" CPA license statuses for licensees who no longer provide services to the public or services to or on behalf of an employer. The bill requires the Board to develop guidelines to provide active and inactive licensees additional clarity governing the manner in which such licensees should reference autobiographical and biographical information with respect to their CPA licensure to remain historically accurate and compliant with the law and relevant regulations. The bill directs the Board of Accountancy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 228 and is identical to SB 605.
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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/1086249.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216909.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1102018.HTML)
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4. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115318.PDF)
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5. **Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104006.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177830.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **97–1** (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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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Stacey Annie Carroll — primary (person)
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- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104264D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
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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** Incorporates HB228 (McNamara)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Committee substitute printed 26106693D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
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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 (97-Y 1-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 (HB870ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
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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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- **2026-03-10** 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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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 234 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0234)
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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/854a9bea-f3f1-48f5-adf4-2f65fb2e3e5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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