republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1287.md

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Bill	Veterinarians; amending applications of licensure, etc.	Board of Veterinary Medicine; applications for licensure or renewal; indication of interest to serve as a veterinarian for a public or private animal shelter. Directs the Board of Veterinary Medicine to amend its applications for licensure and renewal of licensure to allow applicants to indicate interest in serving as a veterinarian for public or private animal shelters and to provide disclosure that, if the applicant indicates such interest, the Board shall provide the applicant's name and contact information to the State Veterinarian for inclusion on a list distributed to animal shelters quarterly.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1287	Virginia HB 1287 (2026)	bill		enacted	Laura Jane Cohen	4	32	7	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/17e3ce15-5ec6-4c0c-8f24-b1231bc95ee4	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1287	8de1d0c9631110b8f24865c37b51800d1c307c4d069772022979a1aa50623cbb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1287 (2026) — Veterinarians; amending applications of licensure, etc.

Board of Veterinary Medicine; applications for licensure or renewal; indication of interest to serve as a veterinarian for a public or private animal shelter. Directs the Board of Veterinary Medicine to amend its applications for licensure and renewal of licensure to allow applicants to indicate interest in serving as a veterinarian for public or private animal shelters and to provide disclosure that, if the applicant indicates such interest, the Board shall provide the applicant's name and contact information to the State Veterinarian for inclusion on a list distributed to animal shelters quarterly.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 26101713D introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1287)
• 2026-01-28 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-03 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-03 Committee substitute printed 26105609D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-06 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1287)
• 2026-02-24 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1287ER) passage
• 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1287)
• 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 768 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17e3ce15-5ec6-4c0c-8f24-b1231bc95ee4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).