republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1036.md

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Bill	Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction.	Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction. Permits the Board of Dentistry to grant a license to practice dental hygiene to persons who are eligible to practice dentistry in a country or jurisdiction outside of the United States and who are graduates of a dental school or college, or the dental department of an institution of higher education, located outside of the United States that the Board determines is acceptable. This bill is identical to SB 282.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1036	Virginia HB 1036 (2026)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	6	31	6	2026-01-14	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/64568e42-5199-4ed0-9918-9765997583cd	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1036	cd732b77a05d4165fcedff1cb0bbf61c97559ea8c8a9ba69b53acb1a5437b056	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1036 (2026) — Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction.

Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction. Permits the Board of Dentistry to grant a license to practice dental hygiene to persons who are eligible to practice dentistry in a country or jurisdiction outside of the United States and who are graduates of a dental school or college, or the dental department of an institution of higher education, located outside of the United States that the Board determines is acceptable. This bill is identical to SB 282.

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. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Health Professions Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 88–10 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 20–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100527D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1036)
• 2026-01-23 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-05 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N)
• 2026-02-10 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1036)
• 2026-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-02-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1036ER) passage
• 2026-02-25 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-02-25 Signed by President passage
• 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1036)
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64568e42-5199-4ed0-9918-9765997583cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).