republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1849.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental hygienist; remote supervision of a dentist employed by DBHDS."
description: "Allows a dental hygienist employed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to practice under the remote supervision of a dentist employed by the Department or the Department of Health. Under current law, only a dental hygienist or dentist employed by the Virginia Department of Health may practice or supervise remotely. The bill also adds mobile dentistry programs operated by the Department for adults with developmental disabilities to the list of locations where a dental hygienist may practice under the remote supervision of a licensed dentist and directs the Department to annually submit a report of services provided by such dental hygienists to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources. The bill directs the Board of Dentistry to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1849"
citation: "Virginia HB 1849 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Health", "Professions and Occupations", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b958a76-d60e-46f6-ad62-43fa7e7dd9b7"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1849"
source_hash: "e2bd6aab60dd426047fc9666908fd62e3acc54d5e4c0a73072a20e71d77d8007"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1849 (2019) — Dental hygienist; remote supervision of a dentist employed by DBHDS.

Allows a dental hygienist employed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department) to practice under the remote supervision of a dentist employed by the Department or the Department of Health. Under current law, only a dental hygienist or dentist employed by the Virginia Department of Health may practice or supervise remotely. The bill also adds mobile dentistry programs operated by the Department for adults with developmental disabilities to the list of locations where a dental hygienist may practice under the remote supervision of a licensed dentist and directs the Department to annually submit a report of services provided by such dental hygienists to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources. The bill directs the Board of Dentistry to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0086)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1849ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1849ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104928D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1849H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102514D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1849)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Rosalyn R. Dance — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102514D `introduction`
- **2019-01-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-18** Committee substitute agreed to 19104928D-H1
- **2019-01-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1849H1
- **2019-01-21** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 86 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b958a76-d60e-46f6-ad62-43fa7e7dd9b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).