VA HB 530

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Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; criminal background check.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did VA HB 530 pass?

The current status of VA HB 530 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Committee Appropriations

What is VA HB 530 about?

Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; criminal background check. Establishes the procedure by which the Board of Dentistry shall fulfill the criminal background check requirement of the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The bill requires applicants for compact-eligible licensure to provide fingerprints and personal identifying information for a criminal background check, directs the Central Criminal Records Exchange to disseminate criminal history information obtained to the Board, and establishes the process by which an applicant may obtain their criminal history record in the event that such applicant disputes the criminal history information on which a denial of licensure is based.

Who sponsors VA HB 530?

Virgil Thornton is the primary sponsor of VA HB 530, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-01-13
Latest action: 2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Appropriations
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102271D
filing,introduction
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee
2026-01-21
Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee
2026-01-22
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
2026-01-26
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB530)
2026-01-27
Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-18
Left in Committee Appropriations

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Subcommittee recommends reporting
2026-01-22 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (10)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Mark C. Downey: yes
- Garrett McGuire: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Timothy P. Griffin: no
Reported from Health and Human Services
2026-01-27 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- Patrick A. Hope: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Sam Rasoul: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- Irene Shin: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
- Debra D. Gardner: yes
- Laura Jane Cohen: yes
- Mark C. Downey: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Garrett McGuire: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: yes
- Wendell S. Walker: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: yes
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
- Timothy P. Griffin: yes
- Mitchell Cornett: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB530

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