---
type: "Bill"
title: "Autism Advisory Council; extends sunset provision."
description: "Autism Advisory Council; sunset. Extendsthe sunset provision of the Autism Advisory Council from July 1,2020, to July 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "Virginia SB 177 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3510de9-76cc-44e2-834b-c0af12953f14"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB177"
source_hash: "a42671ae87dd02a05d7aac231258bc64f529bb08323cc9c51eef97befd112321"
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 177 (2020) — Autism Advisory Council; extends sunset provision.

Autism Advisory Council; sunset. Extendsthe sunset provision of the Autism Advisory Council from July 1,2020, to July 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0733)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB177ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB177ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB177)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB177)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102967D `introduction`
- **2019-12-20** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB177)
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB177ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 733 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3510de9-76cc-44e2-834b-c0af12953f14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).