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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental hygienists; remote supervision."
description: "Dental hygienists; remote supervision. Extendsfrom 90 days to 180 days the period during which a dental hygienistpracticing under remote supervision may continue to treat a patient,after which period the supervising dentist shall conduct an examinationor refer the patient to another dentist to conduct an examination. Under current law, a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervisionmay continue to treat a patient for 90 days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 605"
citation: "Virginia HB 605 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a60ed97-d3ac-40f2-a7b6-95c61f7d8285"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB605"
source_hash: "3372124d53100cbdb725c10466e89eb4be02aa141fca9452ffb22516a66c736c"
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 605 (2024) — Dental hygienists; remote supervision.
Dental hygienists; remote supervision. Extendsfrom 90 days to 180 days the period during which a dental hygienistpracticing under remote supervision may continue to treat a patient,after which period the supervising dentist shall conduct an examinationor refer the patient to another dentist to conduct an examination. Under current law, a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervisionmay continue to treat a patient for 90 days.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0295** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0295)
2. **HB605ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB605ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101672D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB605)
## Votes
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101672D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB605)
- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB605ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB605ER)
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** 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`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a60ed97-d3ac-40f2-a7b6-95c61f7d8285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).