---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission."
description: "Expands the mission of the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to include the reduction and prevention of substance use by youth in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1050"
citation: "Virginia SB 1050 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Minors", "Narcotics and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef0f52ef-b8aa-4870-813b-c146a1243251"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1050"
source_hash: "6a13ea04a6709597db46ed55ceb5e612267386b4ccb111e2957fc5eb836e273b"
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 SB 1050 (2017) — Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission.

Expands the mission of the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to include the reduction and prevention of substance use by youth in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0060)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1050ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1050ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101771D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1050)

## Votes

- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John S. Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101771D `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 60 (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/ef0f52ef-b8aa-4870-813b-c146a1243251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).