2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1364: Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; board appointment requirements.

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

1/13/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100903D
Senate
1/13/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Senate
1/22/2025
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/24/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/24/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/24/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/27/2025
Read second time
Senate
1/27/2025
Engrossed by Senate
Senate
1/28/2025
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/30/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1364)
Senate
2/5/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
2/13/2025
Stricken from docket by General Laws (19-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Stricken from docket by General Laws (19-Y 0-N)
2/13/2025
19
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
1/28/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
1/24/2025
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
1/22/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(1/27/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Todd Pillion
Todd Pillion
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/13/202520.4 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/29/2025101.5 KB