2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB1857: Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; boards; appointment requirements; years of experience.

Legislative Summary

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; boards; appointment requirements; years of experience. Lowers from at least five years to at least three years the years of experience required for the appointment of (i) home inspectors to the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; (ii) hearing aid specialists, otolaryngologists, opticians, and ophthalmologists to the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians; (iii) real estate appraisers to the Real Estate Appraiser Board; (iv) alternative onsite sewage system operators, alternative onsite sewage system installers, and onsite soil evaluators to the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals; and (v) cemetery operators to the Cemetery Board.

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Bill History

1/6/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102066D
House of Delegates
1/6/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
1/20/2025
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
House of Delegates
1/23/2025
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Left in General Laws
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
1/23/2025
5
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/6/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
General Laws(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/6/202520.2 KB