republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-605.md

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Bill	Dental hygienists; remote supervision.	Dental hygienists; remote supervision. Extendsfrom 90 days to 180 days the period during which a dental hygienistpracticing under remote supervision may continue to treat a patient,after which period the supervising dentist shall conduct an examinationor refer the patient to another dentist to conduct an examination. Under current law, a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervisionmay continue to treat a patient for 90 days.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 605	Virginia HB 605 (2024)	bill		enacted	Marcia S. "Cia" Price	3	26	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/2a60ed97-d3ac-40f2-a7b6-95c61f7d8285	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB605	3372124d53100cbdb725c10466e89eb4be02aa141fca9452ffb22516a66c736c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 605 (2024) — Dental hygienists; remote supervision.

Dental hygienists; remote supervision. Extendsfrom 90 days to 180 days the period during which a dental hygienistpracticing under remote supervision may continue to treat a patient,after which period the supervising dentist shall conduct an examinationor refer the patient to another dentist to conduct an examination. Under current law, a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervisionmay continue to treat a patient for 90 days.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0295 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB605ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101672D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101672D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB605)
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-05 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB605ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB605ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 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
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a60ed97-d3ac-40f2-a7b6-95c61f7d8285. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).