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type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative Process Act; exemption for certain regulations of the Board of Accountancy."
description: "Exempts from the public participation provisions of the Administrative Process Act regulations of the Board of Accountancy that are limited to reducing fees charged to regulants and applicants. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Virginia SB 279 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fee73ee3-90b9-468a-a810-afc294908092"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB279"
source_hash: "4604d94535ce7096a2a43e85b7d98b6be0381357df71ede4c03337b187e9f9f9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 279 (2018) — Administrative Process Act; exemption for certain regulations of the Board of Accountancy.
Exempts from the public participation provisions of the Administrative Process Act regulations of the Board of Accountancy that are limited to reducing fees charged to regulants and applicants. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB279ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB279ER)
2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102451D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB279)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **131** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **1000** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- George L. Barker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102451D `introduction`
- **2018-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 77 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fee73ee3-90b9-468a-a810-afc294908092`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).