HB 970 VA

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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 SB 178.

• Marcia S. "Cia" Price Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101921D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 21, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB970) · lower
4. Jan 22, 2026 Referred from General Laws and referred to Health and Human Services (Voice Vote) · lower
5. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned sub: Health Professions · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
7. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) · lower
9. Feb 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107302D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 13, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed House (78-Y 20-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB970) · lower
16. Feb 17, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
18. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) · upper
19. Feb 20, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Feb 20, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 20, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Feb 23, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Feb 23, 2026 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Feb 25, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Feb 25, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB970ER) · lower
26. Feb 25, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
27. Feb 25, 2026 Signed by President · upper
28. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB970) · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML