republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-331.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Medicine, Board of; traineeships."
description: "Board of Veterinary Medicine; traineeships. Expands eligibility for veterinary traineeship programs to include (i) graduates of an American Veterinary Medical Association-accredited college of veterinary medicine who have not yet passed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE); and (ii) registrants in the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) program who have taken and received a passing score on the NAVLE and have completed all steps of the ECFVG program except for the clinical proficiency examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "Virginia SB 331 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danica A. Roem"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6efe305-1e4b-48d6-be67-cbc26847bbbf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB331"
source_hash: "38384ce8d093d0bf90b50643df134a3dc3cd9c04c530e15dde3033ef0a1f7e24"
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 SB 331 (2026) — Veterinary Medicine, Board of; traineeships.

Board of Veterinary Medicine; traineeships. Expands eligibility for veterinary traineeship programs to include (i) graduates of an American Veterinary Medical Association-accredited college of veterinary medicine who have not yet passed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE); and (ii) registrants in the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) program who have taken and received a passing score on the NAVLE and have completed all steps of the ECFVG program except for the clinical proficiency examination.

## 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/1089647.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217434.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132233.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188313.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100749D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)
- **2026-01-30** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Senate subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute printed 26107057D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)
- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-24** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB331ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** 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 344 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6efe305-1e4b-48d6-be67-cbc26847bbbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).