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| Bill | Dental assistants; supragingival scaling and coronal polishing, certification. | Dental assistants; additional treatments; certification. Permits any dental assistant I or dental assistant II with a minimum of 1,800 hours of clinical experience to obtain certification pursuant to the requirements of the bill to perform supragingival scaling and coronal polishing. This bill is identical to HB 970. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 178 | Virginia SB 178 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 178 (2026) — Dental assistants; supragingival scaling and coronal polishing, certification.
Dental assistants; additional treatments; certification. Permits any dental assistant I or dental assistant II with a minimum of 1,800 hours of clinical experience to obtain certification pursuant to the requirements of the bill to perform supragingival scaling and coronal polishing. This bill is identical to HB 970.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Health and Human Services — 17–4 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 80–18 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
- Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102763D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB178)
- 2026-01-23 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Senate subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26106581D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB178)
- 2026-02-19 Reported from Health and Human Services (17-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed House (80-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB178ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB178)
- 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by President
passage - 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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 440 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3b648bc-b74c-4423-a1f8-236064cd13ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).