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type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Medicine, Board of; powers and duties, satellite offices."
description: "Board of Veterinary Medicine; powers and duties; veterinary satellite offices. Requires the Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate, inspect, and register all satellite offices where veterinary medicine is practiced. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 663"
citation: "Virginia SB 663 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Travis Hackworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87d36fab-37de-4b5d-99d8-74e8b63213ac"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB663"
source_hash: "3f7531105b290954c27c570e773bf902abcf27f3d458e4d69d4a824dded419c3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 663 (2024) — Veterinary Medicine, Board of; powers and duties, satellite offices.
Board of Veterinary Medicine; powers and duties; veterinary satellite offices. Requires the Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate, inspect, and register all satellite offices where veterinary medicine is practiced. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0604** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0604)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 24104369D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB663)
3. **SB663ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB663ER)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 24104369D `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB663)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (38-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 (SB663ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB663ER)
- **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`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 604 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87d36fab-37de-4b5d-99d8-74e8b63213ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).