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Bill Dentists & dental hygienists; work group to assess expedited pathways for licensure, report. Board of Dentistry; expedited licensure. Directs the Board of Dentistry to convene a work group including the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Dental Hygienists' Association to assess expedited pathways for licensure for dentists and dental hygienists. The bill specifies that the work group shall (i) review the licensure by credentialing statutes governing dentists and the licensure statutes governing dental hygienists and make recommendations on how such statutes can be updated to reflect an expedited pathway for licensure and (ii) study options for and make recommendations on a pathway for qualified internationally trained dentists to practice dental hygiene under the supervision of a licensed dentist. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1475 Virginia SB 1475 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1475 (2025) — Dentists & dental hygienists; work group to assess expedited pathways for licensure, report.

Board of Dentistry; expedited licensure. Directs the Board of Dentistry to convene a work group including the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Dental Hygienists' Association to assess expedited pathways for licensure for dentists and dental hygienists. The bill specifies that the work group shall (i) review the licensure by credentialing statutes governing dentists and the licensure statutes governing dental hygienists and make recommendations on how such statutes can be updated to reflect an expedited pathway for licensure and (ii) study options for and make recommendations on a pathway for qualified internationally trained dentists to practice dental hygiene under the supervision of a licensed dentist.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 25103862D introduction
  • 2025-01-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-24 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25105986D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1475)
  • 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-31 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-03 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading)
  • 2025-02-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2025-02-06 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-18 Passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1475ER) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1475)
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-23 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2a91ab2-7c09-4c6c-acf9-ae5556d4fea4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).