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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Optometry; TPA-Formulary; TPA-Formulary Committee; dissolution."
+description: "Optometry; TPA-Formulary; TPA-Formulary Committee; dissolution. Dissolves the TPA-Formulary and the TPA-Formulary Committee. The TPA-Formulary is the list of the therapeutic pharmaceutical agents that a TPA-certified optometrist may prescribe. The TPA-Formulary Committee provides recommendations to the Board of Pharmacy regarding the therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to include on the TPA-Formulary for the treatment of diseases and abnormal conditions of the eye and its adnexa by TPA-certified optometrists. This bill is identical to SB 1081."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1898"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1898 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-01-06"
+last_action: "2025-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/926b90f1-b18f-414f-befe-4c093298bb43"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1898"
+source_hash: "9fc7b6b5cefb33a0a33eeddf9db95bf5f667fb7c12bf12ad55feb0913d41db44"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1898 (2025) — Optometry; TPA-Formulary; TPA-Formulary Committee; dissolution.
+
+Optometry; TPA-Formulary; TPA-Formulary Committee; dissolution. Dissolves the TPA-Formulary and the TPA-Formulary Committee. The TPA-Formulary is the list of the therapeutic pharmaceutical agents that a TPA-certified optometrist may prescribe. The TPA-Formulary Committee provides recommendations to the Board of Pharmacy regarding the therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to include on the TPA-Formulary for the treatment of diseases and abnormal conditions of the eye and its adnexa by TPA-certified optometrists. This bill is identical to SB 1081.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013564.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074187.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061124.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
+- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy P. Griffin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101104D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1898)
+- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-28** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
+- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
+- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1898ER) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1898)
+- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 391 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/926b90f1-b18f-414f-befe-4c093298bb43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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