# Virginia SB921: Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report. Virginia SB921, Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by T. Travis Hackworth (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-03-21 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB921-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB921 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-06 - Last action: 2025-03-21, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262) - Sponsor: T. Travis Hackworth (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 10 (401 yes, 39 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 HB 2303. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: T. Travis Hackworth (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-21 | House | Conference report agreed to by House | pass | 95 | 0 | | | 2025-02-21 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Senate acceded to request | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-17 | Senate | House substitute rejected by Senate | fail | 0 | 39 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | Passed House with substitute Block Vote | pass | 96 | 0 | | | 2025-02-10 | House | Reported from Appropriations with substitute | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-01-31 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-01-30 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-01-29 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-01-22 | Senate | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources | pass | 14 | 0 | | ## Actions (51) - 2025-03-21: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262) (Governor) - 2025-03-21: Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-03-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB921) (Senate) - 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 (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB921ER) (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-21: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Amended by conference committee - 2025-02-21: Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-20: Delegates: Lopez, Willett, Tata (House) - 2025-02-20: Conferees appointed by House (House) - 2025-02-19: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senators: Hackworth, Pekarsky, Williams Graves (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-18: House requested conference committee (House) - 2025-02-18: House insisted on substitute (House) - 2025-02-17: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Passed House with substitute Block Vote (96-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-13: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2025-02-13: Appropriations Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-02-13: Read third time (House) - 2025-02-12: Read second time (House) - 2025-02-11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB921) (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Committee substitute printed 25107020D-H1 (House) - 2025-02-10: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-06: Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2025-02-06: Read first time (House) - 2025-02-06: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2025-01-31: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Read second time (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Reading of substitute waived (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB921) (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Committee substitute printed 25106417D-S1 (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB921) (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Assigned ACNR sub: Rural (Senate) - 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (Senate) - 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102893D (Senate) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072344.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072343.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068993.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068992.PDF) - Conference Report, 2025-02-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066319.HTML) - Substitute, 2025-02-10: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045409.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045408.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034630.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034629.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013793.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013792.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/1072344.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072343.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068993.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068992.PDF) - [Conference Report (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066319.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045409.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045408.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034630.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034629.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013793.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013792.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-SB921-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).