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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 is identical to HB 870."
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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: "SB 605"
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citation: "Virginia SB 605 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3982fac-ef3f-4a66-94e2-215f5ce3dc66"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB605"
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source_hash: "fd422aa2a231b579302dc630e90202929d03427c84d4f56b860d194c290a711b"
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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 605 (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 is identical to HB 870.
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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/1091021.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216929.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170615.HTML)
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4. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127984.PDF)
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5. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178727.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186729.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Amendment R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100779D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB605)
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- **2026-02-04** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26105604D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB605)
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- **2026-02-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-24** Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB605ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB605)
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** 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 235 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0235)
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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/c3982fac-ef3f-4a66-94e2-215f5ce3dc66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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