republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-629.md

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Bill	Dentists and dental hygienists; added to list of providers who are immune from civil liability, etc.	Civil immunity; dentists and dental hygienists; mental health treatment for health care professionals; reporting requirements. Adds dentists and dental hygienists to the list of providers who are immune from civil liability for any act done or made in performance of his duties while serving as a member of or consultant to an entity that functions primarily to review, evaluate, or make recommendations on a professional program to address issues related to career fatigue and wellness in health care professionals. The bill also extends civil immunity to certain providers for any act done or made in performance of his duties while serving as a member of or consultant to an entity that functions primarily to arrange for or provide outpatient health care for health care professionals. The bill also revises the Board of Medicine reporting requirements when a health care professional is admitted for mental health treatment. Under the bill, if a health care professional is voluntarily admitted to a health care institution for treatment of a substance abuse or psychiatric illness and is no longer believed to be a danger within 30 days then no report will be made to the Board of Medicine. This bill is identical to HB 42.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 629	Virginia SB 629 (2024)	bill		enacted	Todd E. Pillion	3	25	5	2024-01-10	2024-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/cb6582da-8e29-441a-afe5-0929e366197e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB629	3e48d67307994b320f32f744ecd9daaa9d66dbbc3c20cbb7d7c5f874e4409e43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 629 (2024) — Dentists and dental hygienists; added to list of providers who are immune from civil liability, etc.

Civil immunity; dentists and dental hygienists; mental health treatment for health care professionals; reporting requirements. Adds dentists and dental hygienists to the list of providers who are immune from civil liability for any act done or made in performance of his duties while serving as a member of or consultant to an entity that functions primarily to review, evaluate, or make recommendations on a professional program to address issues related to career fatigue and wellness in health care professionals. The bill also extends civil immunity to certain providers for any act done or made in performance of his duties while serving as a member of or consultant to an entity that functions primarily to arrange for or provide outpatient health care for health care professionals. The bill also revises the Board of Medicine reporting requirements when a health care professional is admitted for mental health treatment. Under the bill, if a health care professional is voluntarily admitted to a health care institution for treatment of a substance abuse or psychiatric illness and is no longer believed to be a danger within 30 days then no report will be made to the Board of Medicine. This bill is identical to HB 42.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0126 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101385D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB629ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101385D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB629)
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-30 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
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB629ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB629ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-29 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
• 2024-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 126 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0126)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb6582da-8e29-441a-afe5-0929e366197e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).