republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-225.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Compact."
description: "Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The Compact increases public access to dental services by permitting eligible licensed dentists and dental hygienists to practice in Compact participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later. This bill is identical to SB 22."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "Virginia HB 225 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e82136c-b96d-4cd5-801f-c0bc9f30418b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB225"
source_hash: "60e3746e1999733027ade91fffe386b000299c670c0b24c9b34e64088d61e110"
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 225 (2024) — Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Compact.

Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The Compact increases public access to dental services by permitting eligible licensed dentists and dental hygienists to practice in Compact participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later. This bill is identical to SB 22.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0101)
2. **HB225ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB225ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101016D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB225)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24101016D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB225E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101016D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB225)
- **2024-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-25** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB225E
- **2024-01-30** Printed as engrossed 24101016D-E
- **2024-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB225E)
- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB225ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB225ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 101 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e82136c-b96d-4cd5-801f-c0bc9f30418b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).