republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1084.md

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Bill	Surgical assistants; definition, licensure.	Surgical assistants; licensure. Defines "surgical assistant" and "practice of surgical assisting" and directs the Board of Medicine to establish criteria for the licensure of surgical assistants. Currently, the Board may issue a registration as a surgical assistant to eligible individuals. The bill clarifies that requiring the licensure of surgical assistants shall not be construed as prohibiting any professional licensed, certified, or registered by a health regulatory board from acting within the scope of his practice. The bill also establishes the Advisory Board on Surgical Assisting to assist the Board of Medicine regarding the establishment of qualifications for and regulation of licensed surgical assistants.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1084	Virginia HB 1084 (2020)	bill		enacted	C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.	5	43	11	2020-01-07	2020-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/5f1e811e-c17a-4963-8236-3b7436444548	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1084	87704bf99b06efc1de420008889cc6a9a21e495777d51942bb72dcd4a7b214a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1084 (2020) — Surgical assistants; definition, licensure.

Surgical assistants; licensure. Defines "surgical assistant" and "practice of surgical assisting" and directs the Board of Medicine to establish criteria for the licensure of surgical assistants. Currently, the Board may issue a registration as a surgical assistant to eligible individuals. The bill clarifies that requiring the licensure of surgical assistants shall not be construed as prohibiting any professional licensed, certified, or registered by a health regulatory board from acting within the scope of his practice. The bill also establishes the Advisory Board on Surgical Assisting to assist the Board of Medicine regarding the establishment of qualifications for and regulation of licensed surgical assistants.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1222) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1084ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB1084E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1084) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reenrolled bill text (HB1084ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (92-Y 2-N) — 91–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Referred from Public Safety — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104907D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Referred from Public Safety
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1084)
• 2020-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB1084E
• 2020-02-06 Printed as engrossed 20104907D-E
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1084E)
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled
• 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1084ER)
• 2020-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-02 Signed by President
• 2020-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 2-N)
• 2020-04-22 VOTE: (92-Y 2-N)
• 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-04-22 Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
• 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB1084ER2)
• 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1222 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f1e811e-c17a-4963-8236-3b7436444548. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).