---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); confidentiality of tests, release of information."
description: "Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); confidentiality of tests, release of information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1840"
citation: "Virginia HB 1840 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher P. Stolle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a45efe0-efe0-4915-b0ea-affafeae5561"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1840"
source_hash: "96b0f2f3c3020864839af3919db385102c77dd7238a1a357055f9fd307e50288"
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 1840 (2017) — Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); confidentiality of tests, release of information.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0178)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1840ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1840ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101345D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1840)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christopher P. Stolle — primary (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101345D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 178 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a45efe0-efe0-4915-b0ea-affafeae5561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).