republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-202.md

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Bill	Optometrists; expert witness testimony.	Optometrists; expert witness testimony. Allows an optometrist to testify as an expert witness in a court of law on certain matters within the scope of his practice. This bill is identical to SB 254.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 202	Virginia HB 202 (2024)	bill		enacted	Wren M. Williams	3	23	6	2024-01-03	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/060aebf9-7f16-4779-8dae-35bf108e24d3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB202	4db312f2d2e0cad60e3147fcca751661531c04c3df64e18d151c46117aed4f3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 202 (2024) — Optometrists; expert witness testimony.

Optometrists; expert witness testimony. Allows an optometrist to testify as an expert witness in a court of law on certain matters within the scope of his practice. This bill is identical to SB 254.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0718 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB202ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100504D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (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 Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wren M. Williams — primary (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100504D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB202ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 718 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/060aebf9-7f16-4779-8dae-35bf108e24d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).