---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optometry; dissolves TPA-Formulary and TPA-Formulary Committee."
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 HB 1898."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1081"
citation: "Virginia SB 1081 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc99178-450a-4cfd-868e-c466e75ed124"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1081"
source_hash: "9db74a87ced31c8b0723b311bd3bc415f93c749e4eafb089334346d092387d88"
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 SB 1081 (2025) — Optometry; dissolves TPA-Formulary and TPA-Formulary Committee.

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 HB 1898.

## 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/1017775.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074299.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047330.PDF)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100364D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1081)
- **2025-01-23** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by Senate
- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1081ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1081)
- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 408 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fc99178-450a-4cfd-868e-c466e75ed124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).