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SB331Introduced in the Senate

Veterinary Medicine, Board of; traineeships.

Passed

Introduced by Danica Roem, District 30

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Board of Veterinary Medicine; traineeships. Expands eligibility for veterinary traineeship programs to include (i) graduates of an American Veterinary Medical Association-accredited college of veterinary medicine who have not yet passed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE); and (ii) registrants in the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) program who have taken and received a passing score on the NAVLE and have completed all steps of the ECFVG program except for the clinical proficiency examination.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)

April 6, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · February 27, 2026

96

Yes

0

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100749D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  3. Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)

  5. Assigned Education sub: Health Professions

  6. Senate subcommittee offered

  7. Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)

  8. Senate committee offered

  9. Committee substitute printed 26107057D-S1

  10. Rules suspended

  11. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  12. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  13. Passed by for the day

  14. Read second time

  15. Education and Health Substitute agreed to

  16. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  17. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  18. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)

  19. Placed on Calendar

  20. Read first time

  21. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  22. Assigned sub: Health Professions

  23. Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)

  24. Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)

  25. Read second time

  26. Read third time

  27. Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)

  28. Enrolled

  29. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB331ER)

  30. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB331)

  31. Signed by Speaker

  32. Signed by President

  33. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

  34. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  35. Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/2026)

  36. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)

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