SB 1475

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 17, 2025
  • Passed Senate Feb 03, 2025
  • Passed House Feb 18, 2025
  • Signed by Governor Mar 21, 2025

Dentists & dental hygienists; work group to assess expedited pathways for licensure, report.

Abstract

Board of Dentistry; expedited licensure. Directs the Board of Dentistry to convene a work group including the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Dental Hygienists' Association to assess expedited pathways for licensure for dentists and dental hygienists. The bill specifies that the work group shall (i) review the licensure by credentialing statutes governing dentists and the licensure statutes governing dental hygienists and make recommendations on how such statutes can be updated to reflect an expedited pathway for licensure and (ii) study options for and make recommendations on a pathway for qualified internationally trained dentists to practice dental hygiene under the supervision of a licensed dentist.

An Act to direct the Board of Dentistry to convene a work group to assess expedited pathways for licensure for dentists and dental hygienists.

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Mar 21, 2025

Office of the Governor

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363)

Office of the Governor

Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (Effective 07/01/25)

Mar 05, 2025

Office of the Governor

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025

Senate

Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025

Feb 23, 2025

Senate

Signed by President

Feb 20, 2025

Senate

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1475ER)

House

Signed by Speaker

Senate

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1475)

Senate

Enrolled

Feb 18, 2025

House

Read third time

House

Passed House (97-Y 0-N)

Feb 17, 2025

House

Read second time

Feb 13, 2025

House

Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)

Feb 11, 2025

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

Feb 06, 2025

House

Read first time

House

Placed on Calendar

House

Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

House

Assigned sub: Health Professions

Feb 03, 2025

Senate

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading)

Senate

Rules suspended

Senate

Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

Senate

Education and Health Substitute agreed to

Senate

Reading of substitute waived

Senate

Read second time

Jan 31, 2025

Senate

Passed by for the day

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)

Senate

Rules suspended

Jan 30, 2025

Senate

Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

Senate

Committee substitute printed 25105986D-S1

Senate

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1475)

Jan 24, 2025

Senate

Assigned Education sub: Health Professions

Jan 17, 2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Senate

Presented and ordered printed 25103862D

Bill Text

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Education and Health Substitute HTML PDF HTML PDF
Introduced HTML PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1475) PDF PDF

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