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| Bill | Veterinary Medicine, Board of; traineeships. | Board of Veterinary Medicine; traineeships. Expands eligibility for veterinary traineeship programs to include (i) graduates of an American Veterinary Medical Association-accredited college of veterinary medicine who have not yet passed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE); and (ii) registrants in the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) program who have taken and received a passing score on the NAVLE and have completed all steps of the ECFVG program except for the clinical proficiency examination. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 331 | Virginia SB 331 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 331 (2026) — Veterinary Medicine, Board of; traineeships.
Board of Veterinary Medicine; traineeships. Expands eligibility for veterinary traineeship programs to include (i) graduates of an American Veterinary Medical Association-accredited college of veterinary medicine who have not yet passed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE); and (ii) registrants in the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) program who have taken and received a passing score on the NAVLE and have completed all steps of the ECFVG program except for the clinical proficiency examination.
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
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100749D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)
- 2026-01-30 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 - 2026-02-05 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26107057D-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 - 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)
- 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 - 2026-02-16 Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-24 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB331ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)
- 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 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 - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6efe305-1e4b-48d6-be67-cbc26847bbbf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).