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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Henrietta Lacks Commission; changes sunset date."
+description: "Henrietta Lacks Commission; sunset date.Changes the sunset of the Henrietta Lacks Commission from July 1,2026, to July 1, 2024."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 613"
+citation: "Virginia HB 613 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-09"
+last_action: "2024-04-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1a6455-1a33-47cd-a74e-594a8ee2ce02"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB613"
+source_hash: "63ba958f71c882c51d9607b1f49bef8fc004e9eab71483bfab2eaf4063c9f577"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 613 (2024) — Henrietta Lacks Commission; changes sunset date.
+
+Henrietta Lacks Commission; sunset date.Changes the sunset of the Henrietta Lacks Commission from July 1,2026, to July 1, 2024.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0297** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0297)
+2. **HB613ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB613ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101172D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB613)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101172D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-24** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-01-30** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB613ER) `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b1a6455-1a33-47cd-a74e-594a8ee2ce02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+