Behavior Analysis, Advisory Board on; amends composition.
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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-2957.18 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis; composition.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis; composition. Amends the composition of the Advisory Board on Behavior Analysis to require that three members shall be licensed behavior analysts or licensed assistant behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years. Under current law, the composition of the Advisory Board requires two licensed behavior analysts who have practiced for at least three years and one licensed assistant behavior analyst who has practiced for at least three years.
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 12, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 618 (latest official status)
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The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Laura Jane Cohen
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-09 · P · Y 98, X 2
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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