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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction."
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description: "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 HB 1036."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 282"
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citation: "Virginia SB 282 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6175b7b7-b6e0-4e06-8b68-78ec69ab61e0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB282"
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source_hash: "8e6d813a72ca99530743c0e2e7027d14731ea406f426013034fee7d3f889cbaf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 282 (2026) — Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction.
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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 HB 1036.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088523.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217450.PDF)
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3. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169914.HTML)
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4. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178710.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186707.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Amendment R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **90–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
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- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
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- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
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- Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100629D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB282)
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-24** Passed House with amendment (90-Y 8-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB282ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB282)
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0254)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6175b7b7-b6e0-4e06-8b68-78ec69ab61e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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