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type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary medicine; traineeships."
description: "Veterinary medicine; traineeships. Allowsany veterinary medicine licensure applicant enrolled in a traineeshipprogram to engage in the limited practice of veterinary medicine,as that term is defined by the Board of Veterinary Medicine, underthe direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian. The bill directsthe Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisionsof the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 848"
citation: "Virginia HB 848 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Will Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9404db63-4c71-4f52-a6ce-8c0a37e024c3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB848"
source_hash: "eae8d75a366ee0e211546f4bb90b219c57a46ea040733c63e7810de6b51bc281"
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 848 (2024) — Veterinary medicine; traineeships.
Veterinary medicine; traineeships. Allowsany veterinary medicine licensure applicant enrolled in a traineeshipprogram to engage in the limited practice of veterinary medicine,as that term is defined by the Board of Veterinary Medicine, underthe direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian. The bill directsthe Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisionsof the bill.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0307)
2. **HB848ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB848ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102313D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB848)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Referred from General Laws — **00** (fail) · lower
- Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Will Davis — primary (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102313D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB848)
- **2024-01-23** Referred from General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB848ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB848ER)
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** 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 307 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9404db63-4c71-4f52-a6ce-8c0a37e024c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).