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 SB 921.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 21Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258)Latest
- Mar 21Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 258 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2303)
- 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 7Enrolled bill reprinted 25106812DMinor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2303ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 21Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 21Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 21Amended by conference committee
- Feb 18Senators: Hackworth, Deeds, McPike
- Feb 18Conferees appointed by Senate
- Feb 14Delegates: Lopez, Willett, Tata
- Feb 14Conferees appointed by House
- Feb 14House acceded to request
- Feb 13Senate requested conference committeeMinor
- Vote recorded Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 11Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N)
- Vote recorded Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N). Result: fail.Lower
- Feb 7Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 7Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 7Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 7Read third timeMinor
- Feb 6Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2303)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Passed by for the day
- Feb 6Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 6Rules suspended
- Feb 5Committee substitute printed 25106812D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 31Referred to Committee on Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 31Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 30Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 28Read first timeMinor
- Jan 24Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2303)
- Jan 17Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102597DIntroduced