republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-848.md

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Bill	Veterinary medicine; traineeships.	Veterinary medicine; traineeships. Allowsany veterinary medicine licensure applicant enrolled in a traineeshipprogram to engage in the limited practice of veterinary medicine,as that term is defined by the Board of Veterinary Medicine, underthe direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian. The bill directsthe Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisionsof the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 848	Virginia HB 848 (2024)	bill		enacted	Will Davis	3	30	8	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/9404db63-4c71-4f52-a6ce-8c0a37e024c3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB848	eae8d75a366ee0e211546f4bb90b219c57a46ea040733c63e7810de6b51bc281	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 848 (2024) — Veterinary medicine; traineeships.

Veterinary medicine; traineeships. Allowsany veterinary medicine licensure applicant enrolled in a traineeshipprogram to engage in the limited practice of veterinary medicine,as that term is defined by the Board of Veterinary Medicine, underthe direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian. The bill directsthe Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisionsof the bill.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0307 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB848ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102313D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Will Davis — primary (person)
• Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102313D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB848)
• 2024-01-23 Referred from General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-12 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Rereferred to Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB848ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB848ER)
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 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 307 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9404db63-4c71-4f52-a6ce-8c0a37e024c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).