republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-254.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 HB 202.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 254	Virginia SB 254 (2024)	bill		enacted	Scott A. Surovell	3	23	5	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/00e66387-ebf2-416d-8061-48e695c5b618	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB254	5497b7f5e16777a81bab07182bf4181778d0f7d6d038731b53071e1581aadbf8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 254 (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 HB 202.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0764 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100278D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB254ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100278D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 2024-01-15 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-17 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-18 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 for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB254ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 764 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00e66387-ebf2-416d-8061-48e695c5b618. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).