---
type: "Bill"
title: "DMAS; Department shall evaluate its ability to comply with certain federal regulations."
description: "DMAS; Department shall evaluate its ability to comply with certain federal regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2158"
citation: "Virginia HB 2158 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fariss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d6d781-5277-459f-ba21-0db7876ca8df"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2158"
source_hash: "e5113999425080ad337bc12ab5c6550faa874eee75a311951ea0e62b4abdd0c7"
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 2158 (2023) — DMAS; Department shall evaluate its ability to comply with certain federal regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0343** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0343)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105584D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2158H1)
3. **HB2158ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2158ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102610D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2158)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fariss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102610D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB2158)
- **2023-01-25** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105584D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2158H1)
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105584D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2158H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2158ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2158ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 343 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0343)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d6d781-5277-459f-ba21-0db7876ca8df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).