republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-22.md

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Bill	Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizes VA to become a signatory to the Compact.	Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The Compact increases public access to dental services by permitting eligible licensed dentists and dental hygienists to practice in Compact participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later. This bill is identical to HB 225.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 22	Virginia SB 22 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	4	37	7	2023-12-10	2024-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/2d2566cd-031d-49a7-ae92-ebd4477585d1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB22	9bd148fa86d335519a3a8b32173593811525b7c3099ccf0d8de17bf96805022f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 22 (2024) — Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizes VA to become a signatory to the Compact.

Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The Compact increases public access to dental services by permitting eligible licensed dentists and dental hygienists to practice in Compact participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later. This bill is identical to HB 225.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0031 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101204D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24101204D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB22ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101204D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Rereferred to Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB22)
• 2024-01-25 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-02 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-02-02 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-02 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB22E
• 2024-02-02 Printed as engrossed 24101204D-E
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB22E)
• 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-22 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB22ER) passage
• 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB22ER)
• 2024-02-22 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 31 (effective - see bill) executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d2566cd-031d-49a7-ae92-ebd4477585d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).