Virginia Senate Bill 1774 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Board for Contractors; requirements for licensure; certification of automatic fire sprinkler inspectors. Creates the classification of fire sprinkler contractor for the purpose of licensure by the Board for Contractors (the Board). The bill also creates a certification for automatic fire sprinkler inspectors and prohibits any person from conducting inspections of automatic fire sprinkler systems unless he maintains or is accompanied by a person who maintains a Level II or higher NICET certification. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations requiring continuing education and knowledge of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code as prerequisites for certification renewal as an automatic fire sprinkler inspector. The provisions of the bill mandating NICET certification have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.

Automatic fire sprinkler inspectors; requirement for licensure, certification.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2019-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 12-N) (Y: 87 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726)
2019-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 726 (effective - see bill)
2019-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
2019-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-22	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1774ER)
2019-02-22	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-19	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 12-N)
2019-02-19	House	Passed House (87-Y 12-N)
2019-02-19	House	Read third time
2019-02-18	House	Read second time
2019-02-14	House	Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N)
2019-02-14	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
2019-02-07	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2019-02-06	House	Read first time
2019-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Printed as engrossed 19104697D-E
2019-01-31	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1774E
2019-01-31	Senate	Amendments by Senator Edwards agreed to
2019-01-31	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2019-01-31	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-28	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)
2019-01-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2019-01-18	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 19104697D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	1100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	1106	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	1108	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	1108.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	1147	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	1148	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1774
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1774+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1774E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1774ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0726+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S12V0089+SB1774
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0248SB1774+SB1774
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0306SB1774+SB1774
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1102V0025+SB1774
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H11V0263+SB1774
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3026+SB1774