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Virginia General Assembly · HB 870 · Acts of Assembly Chapter 234

Accountancy, Board of; licensing requirements, inactive and emeritus status.

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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-4400 and 54.1-4409.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Accountancy; licensing requirements; inactive and emeritus status. Read the full text

2026 session

What it does

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 respe
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Where it is

Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 234 (latest official status)
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The numbers

2
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Stacey Annie CarrollJoseph P. McNamara

Recorded votes

Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-23 · P · Y 38, X 2
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-02-20 · P · X 40
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-20 · P · Y 40
Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-18 · P · Y 14
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-09 · P · Y 97, X 2, N 1
Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 20, N 1, X 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 9, X 1
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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