HB 1176 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Regulatory boards, certain; quorum requirements.

Summary

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; quorum requirements for certain regulatory boards. Lowers the quorum requirements for the (i) Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects of two engineers, two architects, and two land surveyors to at least one engineer, one architect, and one land surveyor and (ii) Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists of two professional soil scientists, two professional wetland delineators, and two professional geologists to at least one professional soil scientist, one professional wetland delineator, and one professional geologist.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Signed Apr 8, 2026

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill formalizes the text of HB 1176 into an official Virginia Act (Chapter 454) for the 2026 session. The substantive policy content regarding board membership and quorum requirements remains unchanged, though the text includes minor formatting inconsistencies and duplicate phrases in the quorum definitions.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was converted from an 'Enrolled' draft to a 'Chaptered' final version, adding official chapter numbers, approval dates, and session headers.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the layout and spacing of the text to match official legislative publication standards.

The quorum definitions for two regulatory boards contain repetitive and slightly garbled phrasing (e.g., 'two engineers at least one engineer'), likely due to a drafting or markup error that was not corrected during the finalization process.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 9, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed

Total votes 39

Feb 20, 2026

D Democratic20

20 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 8, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective 7/1/2026)

executive

Feb 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1176ER)

lower

Feb 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor