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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dentists & dental hygienists; work group to assess expedited pathways for licensure, report."
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description: "Board of Dentistry; expedited licensure. Directs the Board of Dentistry to convene a work group including the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Dental Hygienists' Association to assess expedited pathways for licensure for dentists and dental hygienists. The bill specifies that the work group shall (i) review the licensure by credentialing statutes governing dentists and the licensure statutes governing dental hygienists and make recommendations on how such statutes can be updated to reflect an expedited pathway for licensure and (ii) study options for and make recommendations on a pathway for qualified internationally trained dentists to practice dental hygiene under the supervision of a licensed dentist."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1475"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1475 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a91ab2-7c09-4c6c-acf9-ae5556d4fea4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1475"
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source_hash: "00d28966809ac685ffc20df0a2b11a4da6ac513e60b66b5373cab89c43314214"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1475 (2025) — Dentists & dental hygienists; work group to assess expedited pathways for licensure, report.
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Board of Dentistry; expedited licensure. Directs the Board of Dentistry to convene a work group including the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Dental Hygienists' Association to assess expedited pathways for licensure for dentists and dental hygienists. The bill specifies that the work group shall (i) review the licensure by credentialing statutes governing dentists and the licensure statutes governing dental hygienists and make recommendations on how such statutes can be updated to reflect an expedited pathway for licensure and (ii) study options for and make recommendations on a pathway for qualified internationally trained dentists to practice dental hygiene under the supervision of a licensed dentist.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023255.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072686.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035800.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060205.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25103862D `introduction`
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- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25105986D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1475)
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- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-03** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading)
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- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1475ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1475)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2a91ab2-7c09-4c6c-acf9-ae5556d4fea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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