# Virginia HB2303: Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report. Virginia HB2303, Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-03-21 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2303-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB2303 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-03-21, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258) - Sponsor: Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 10 (389 yes, 94 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary 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. 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. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-21 | House | Conference report agreed to by House | pass | 94 | 0 | | | 2025-02-21 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Senate insisted on substitute | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-11 | House | Senate substitute rejected by House | fail | 0 | 94 | | | 2025-02-07 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-05 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute | pass | 13 | 0 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 96 | 0 | | | 2025-01-24 | House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (42) - 2025-03-21: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258) (Governor) - 2025-03-21: Approved by Governor-Chapter 258 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-03-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2303) (House) - 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled bill reprinted 25106812D (House) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2303ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-21: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Amended by conference committee - 2025-02-21: Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-18: Senators: Hackworth, Deeds, McPike (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Delegates: Lopez, Willett, Tata (House) - 2025-02-14: Conferees appointed by House (House) - 2025-02-14: House acceded to request (House) - 2025-02-13: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate requested conference committee (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N) (House) - 2025-02-07: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2303) (House) - 2025-02-06: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Committee substitute printed 25106812D-S1 (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (96-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-29: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2025-01-28: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-24: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-22: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-22: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2303) (House) - 2025-01-17: Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources (House) - 2025-01-08: Referred to Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2025-01-08: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102597D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072323.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072322.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068869.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068868.PDF) - Conference Report, 2025-02-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066316.HTML) - Substitute, 2025-02-05: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042626.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042625.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015821.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015820.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072323.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072322.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068869.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068868.PDF) - [Conference Report (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066316.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042626.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042625.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015821.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015820.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2303-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).