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type: "Bill"
title: "Optometry; TPA-Formulary; TPA-Formulary Committee; dissolution."
description: "Optometry; TPA-Formulary; TPA-Formulary Committee; dissolution. Dissolves the TPA-Formulary and the TPA-Formulary Committee. The TPA-Formulary is the list of the therapeutic pharmaceutical agents that a TPA-certified optometrist may prescribe. The TPA-Formulary Committee provides recommendations to the Board of Pharmacy regarding the therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to include on the TPA-Formulary for the treatment of diseases and abnormal conditions of the eye and its adnexa by TPA-certified optometrists. This bill is identical to SB 1081."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1898"
citation: "Virginia HB 1898 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/926b90f1-b18f-414f-befe-4c093298bb43"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1898"
source_hash: "9fc7b6b5cefb33a0a33eeddf9db95bf5f667fb7c12bf12ad55feb0913d41db44"
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 HB 1898 (2025) — Optometry; TPA-Formulary; TPA-Formulary Committee; dissolution.
Optometry; TPA-Formulary; TPA-Formulary Committee; dissolution. Dissolves the TPA-Formulary and the TPA-Formulary Committee. The TPA-Formulary is the list of the therapeutic pharmaceutical agents that a TPA-certified optometrist may prescribe. The TPA-Formulary Committee provides recommendations to the Board of Pharmacy regarding the therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to include on the TPA-Formulary for the treatment of diseases and abnormal conditions of the eye and its adnexa by TPA-certified optometrists. This bill is identical to SB 1081.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013564.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074187.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061124.PDF)
## Votes
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Griffin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101104D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1898)
- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1898ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1898)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 391 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/926b90f1-b18f-414f-befe-4c093298bb43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).