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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 incorporates HB 228 and is identical to SB 605.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB870ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26106693D-H1
Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
Incorporates HB228 (McNamara)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB870)
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104264D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Stacey Annie Carroll
Joseph P. McNamara