The Senate Health Professions Subcommittee advanced multiple bills with brief discussion and unanimous subcommittee votes.

- SB 1081 (Senator Hashmi): Removes the now-defunct TPA formulary committee from the Code of Virginia. Sponsor and the Virginia Optometric Association said the committee meets infrequently and duplicates regulatory listings; subcommittee vote: recorded ayes, recommendation to full committee (roll call showed five ayes recorded in the transcript and the clerk recorded "Aye's 5, no 0").

- SB 1253 (Senator Bagby): Updates title protection to add Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and removes the obsolete title "physical therapy technician"; the Virginia Physical Therapy Association supported the update. Subcommittee recommendation recorded with unanimous ayes.

- SB 1035 (Senator Pokarski) and SB 790 (Senator Head, rolled into SB 1035): Technical update to the Drug Control Act to add language allowing "other opioid antagonists" after each mention of naloxone to avoid repeated legislative updates when FDA approves new antagonists. Sponsors said the change reflects new FDA-approved products and avoids repetitive amendments. Subcommittee recommended the consolidated bill to the full committee with unanimous ayes.

- SB 1081, SB 1253 and SB 1035 were each moved, seconded and recommended to the full committee; roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript showed unanimous approval in subcommittee.

Each of these items was presented briefly and recorded for referral to the full committee; no opposition was recorded at the subcommittee level on these items.