---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentists and dental hygienists; DHP shall convene workgroup to analyze licensure requirements."
description: "Dentists and dental hygienists; DHP shall convene workgroup to analyze licensure requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2251"
citation: "Virginia HB 2251 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott, P.A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e762fa41-6a5a-426d-b506-7831c38bcf10"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2251"
source_hash: "3a9770fe261f5c5703f25885f59f35ea81dca4946ffb60a9c3094c294a69e94a"
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 2251 (2023) — Dentists and dental hygienists; DHP shall convene workgroup to analyze licensure requirements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0485** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0485)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104527D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2251H1)
3. **HB2251ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2251ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104024D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2251)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott, P.A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104024D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2251)
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute printed 23104527D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2251H1)
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23104527D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2251H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Rules (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2251ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2251ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 485 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0485)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e762fa41-6a5a-426d-b506-7831c38bcf10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).