2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB1835: Geologists; regulation, licensure, penalty.

Legislative Summary

Professions and occupations; regulation of geologists; licensure; penalty. Provides that professional geologists shall be licensed by the Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists. Under current law, professional geologists are certified by the Board. The bill requires the Board to issue a license to any individual who holds an unexpired certification to practice as a geologist issued prior to July 1, 2025. The bill also makes any person practicing or offering to practice geology without holding such license from the Board guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective within 280 days of the bill's enactment.

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Bill History

1/6/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102525D
House of Delegates
1/6/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
1/13/2025
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
House of Delegates
1/22/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
House of Delegates
1/30/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/30/2025
Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
1/30/2025
Committee substitute printed 25105755D-H1
House of Delegates
2/2/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
General Laws Substitute agreed to
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N)
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
2/5/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Senate
2/6/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/14/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
2/14/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/14/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/17/2025
Read third time
Senate
2/17/2025
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/19/2025
Enrolled
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1835ER)
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1835)
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/22/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/3/2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
House of Delegates
3/3/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
Governor's recommendation received by House
4/2/2025
Passed by for the day
House of Delegates
4/2/2025
Communicated to Governor
House of Delegates
4/2/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025

Roll Call Votes

Passed by for the day
4/2/2025
47
Yea
46
Nay
0
Not Voting
7
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2/17/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
2/14/2025
36
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2/12/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N)
2/4/2025
91
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
1/30/2025
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
1/30/2025
19
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Enrolled(2/19/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Bill Wiley
Bill Wiley
Republican

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text2/19/202527.6 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/30/202528.9 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/30/202528.9 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/30/202528.9 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/6/202528.2 KB
Misc
Misc3/24/20250.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/19/2025118.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/5/2025119.2 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/22/2025115.4 KB