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2024 SESSION
HB 1337 Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board.
Introduced by: Chris S. Runion | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Board of Accountancy; powers and duties. Repeals the requirement for an annual audit of the Board of Accountancy and amends several Code provisions relating to the Board. The bill changes the Secretariat of the Board from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Finance. The bill authorizes the Board to initiate complaints against (i) individuals or firms claiming to hold a Virginia license, as defined in the bill, and (ii) unlicensed individuals or firms using the certified public accountant title in Virginia, as defined in the bill. The bill also grants the Executive Director of the Board the power to request and receive reports from the Central Criminal Records Exchange in conjunction with the Executive Director's investigative and enforcement powers. Finally, the bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 463.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24105160D pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1337ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/12/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24105160D
- 01/12/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/26/24 House: Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
- 02/08/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 House: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/21/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/26/24 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/26/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/26/24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/28/24 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1337ER)
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 654 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)