SB 1360 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Foreign dental program graduates; license to teach dentistry, repeals 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 HB 1899.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill formally enrolls and chapters SB 1360, converting it from a proposed session bill into an official act of the Virginia General Assembly. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, as the bill repeals a previous 2022 enactment regarding foreign dental program graduates' licensing requirements. The formatting changes reflect standard legislative processing from draft to final chaptered form.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; the bill's policy content remains identical to the enrolled version, with only formatting and chapter assignment modifications.
TECHNICAL

Bill was assigned to Chapter 70 of the 2025 Acts of Assembly upon approval on March 18, 2025

Formatting and spacing were adjusted to conform to official chaptered document standards

Approval date of March 18, 2025 was added to the final enacted version

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 14, 2025

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 70 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1360ER)
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Todd Pillion
Todd Pillion
RRepublican
VA
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