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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.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 10 co
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB970)
Enrolled
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB970ER)
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB970)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Read third time and passed House (78-Y 20-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26107302D-H1
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
Assigned sub: Health Professions
Referred from General Laws and referred to Health and Human Services (Voice Vote)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB970)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101921D
Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Marcia S. "Cia" Price
Mark C. Downey
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.
M. Keith Hodges
Patrick A. Hope
Kathy K.L. Tran
Rodney T. Willett