VirginiaLarge animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report.
What it does
State Veterinarian; large animal veterinary grant program; report. Directs the State Veterinarian to establish a large animal veterinary grant program no later than July 1, 2026, to provide grants to increase or stabilize the number of large animal veterinarians, as defined in the bill, practicing in areas of the Commonwealth that have been identified by the State Veterinarian as having a shortage of such veterinarians. The bill directs the State Veterinarian to annually select from a pool of applicants no more than four large animal veterinarians to participate in the program and to develop, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine and relevant stakeholders, selection criteria for applicants to participate in the program.
More detail
The bill also requires the State Veterinarian to submit a report evaluating the extent to which the program has helped to address the shortage of large animal veterinarians in the Commonwealth to the Board and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources no later than July 1, 2030. This bill is identical to HB 2303.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 21Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)Latest
- Mar 21Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 262 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB921)
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB921ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 21Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 21Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 21Amended by conference committee
- Feb 20Delegates: Lopez, Willett, Tata
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by House
- Feb 19Senators: Hackworth, Pekarsky, Williams Graves
- Vote recorded Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Conferees appointed by Senate
- Feb 19Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 18House requested conference committeeMinor
- Feb 18House insisted on substituteMajor
- Feb 17House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- Vote recorded House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N). Result: fail.Upper
- Feb 13Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House (96-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 13Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 13Read third timeMinor
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB921)
- Feb 10Committee substitute printed 25107020D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 6Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 6Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 6Read first timeMinor
- Feb 6Placed on Calendar
- Jan 31Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Jan 31Rules suspended
- Jan 31Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 31Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Jan 31Reading of substitute waived
- Jan 31Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- Jan 30Rules suspended
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB921)
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25106417D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 23Rereferred to Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 22Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB921)
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 16Assigned ACNR sub: RuralMinor
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102893DIntroduced