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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dental assistants; supragingival scaling and coronal polishing, certification."
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description: "Dental assistants; additional treatments; certification. Permits any dental assistant I or dental assistant II with a minimum of 1,800 hours of clinical experience to obtain certification pursuant to the requirements of the bill to perform supragingival scaling and coronal polishing. This bill is identical to HB 970."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 178"
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citation: "Virginia SB 178 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3b648bc-b74c-4423-a1f8-236064cd13ff"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB178"
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source_hash: "c80e8c5501270e1df6d53b1f6162827bd2a081bedc68c0b6d4d97ba8f0e58658"
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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 178 (2026) — Dental assistants; supragingival scaling and coronal polishing, certification.
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Dental assistants; additional treatments; certification. Permits any dental assistant I or dental assistant II with a minimum of 1,800 hours of clinical experience to obtain certification pursuant to the requirements of the bill to perform supragingival scaling and coronal polishing. This bill is identical to HB 970.
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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/1083669.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217898.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132205.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178896.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **80–18** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
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- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
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- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
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- Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102763D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB178)
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute printed 26106581D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB178)
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Health and Human Services (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** Passed House (80-Y 18-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB178ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB178)
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 440 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)
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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/c3b648bc-b74c-4423-a1f8-236064cd13ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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