License to teach dentistry; foreign dental program graduates; repeal sunset.
Summary
License to teach dentistry; foreign dental program graduates; repeal sunset. Repeals the July 1, 2025, sunset on the current provision of law allowing the Board of Dentistry to grant, without examination, a faculty license to teach dentistry in an accredited dental program to a graduate of a dental school or college or the dental department of an institution of higher education in a foreign country who has been granted a certification letter from the dean or program director of an accredited dental program confirming that the applicant has clinical competency and clinical experience that meet the credentialing standards of the dental school with which the applicant is to be affiliated. This bill is identical to SB 1360.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Signed Mar 18, 2025
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MINOR
This bill formally enrolls HB 1899 into the Virginia Acts of Assembly as Chapter 47, converting it from an enrolled draft to an official state law. The substantive content remains unchanged, with the only modifications being formatting adjustments and the addition of the approval date (March 18, 2025). The bill's core purpose is to repeal a previous 2022 law regarding foreign dental program graduates' licensing.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; the bill transitions from draft to official law status.
TECHNICAL
Formatting and layout adjustments were made to convert the bill from enrolled draft format to official chapter format, including adding the approval date and chapter number.
TIMELINE
The official approval date of March 18, 2025 was added to establish when the law became effective.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2025
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1899ER)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Assigned sub: Health Professions
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rod Willett
DDemocratic
Co
Atoosa Reaser
DDemocratic
Co
David Owen
RRepublican
Co
Mark Sickles
DDemocratic
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