republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-452.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Practice of radiologic technology; licensure exceptions, sunset."
description: "Practice of radiologic technology; licensure exceptions. Permits a person employed or engaged by a hospital, health system, or urgent care center that is affiliated with a hospital or health care system to practice within the scope of his employment as a radiologic technologist, radiologic assistant, or radiologic technologist, limited without obtaining a license. Under current law, such exception only applies to radiologic technologists who are employees of a hospital. The bill exempts the initial promulgation of regulations pursuant to the bill by the Board of Medicine from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 452"
citation: "Virginia HB 452 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f82462d-8fea-4e76-a5e6-851ab3c8e6a2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB452"
source_hash: "a6178e0d41593ac5b99ea2b0b103b109c2c245efe8870589247928cd88dcac10"
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 452 (2026) — Practice of radiologic technology; licensure exceptions, sunset.

Practice of radiologic technology; licensure exceptions. Permits a person employed or engaged by a hospital, health system, or urgent care center that is affiliated with a hospital or health care system to practice within the scope of his employment as a radiologic technologist, radiologic assistant, or radiologic technologist, limited without obtaining a license. Under current law, such exception only applies to radiologic technologists who are employees of a hospital. The bill exempts the initial promulgation of regulations pursuant to the bill by the Board of Medicine from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084506.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216661.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1114949.PDF)
4. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113871.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193824.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **76–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104696D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB452)
- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2026-02-03** House committee offered
- **2026-02-03** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 20-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB452)
- **2026-02-20** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB452ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB452)
- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 144 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0144)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f82462d-8fea-4e76-a5e6-851ab3c8e6a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).