SB 882 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Anesthesiologist assistants; establishes criteria for licensure.

Summary

Board of Medicine; licensure of anesthesiologist assistants. Establishes criteria for the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants and directs the Board of Medicine to adopt regulations governing the practice of anesthesiologist assistants. The bill provides that no person shall use or assume the title "anesthesiologist assistant" or hold himself out as an anesthesiologist assistant unless such person holds a license as an anesthesiologist assistant issued by the Board. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill has been formally enacted into law as Chapter 507 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive legal text regarding anesthesiologist assistant licensure remains unchanged from the enrolled version, with only formatting and layout adjustments made during the final chaptering process.

TECHNICAL

Added chapter heading information (Chapter 507) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to the final enacted version. The actual legal provisions about anesthesiologist assistant licensure, including definitions, licensing criteria, provisional licensing, and supervision requirements, remain identical to the enrolled version.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Jan 30, 2025

D Democratic21

20 Yea 1

95% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB882ER)

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (84-Y 13-N)

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 1-N)

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N)

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A)

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N 3-A)

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Health Professions

upper

Jan 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors