---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newborn screening program; VDH & DGS, et al., to evaluate current funding model."
description: "Newborn screening program; VDH & DGS, et al., to evaluate current funding model."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2224"
citation: "Virginia HB 2224 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murphy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e45a302-4ebd-4be4-816e-be9101ef0bf3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2224"
source_hash: "f96ee71183300e28ed3ccd0719141de9a712ae1ab8509cd731e42af2212b4c19"
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 2224 (2023) — Newborn screening program; VDH & DGS, et al., to evaluate current funding model.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0386** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0386)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105183D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2224H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106047D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2224H2)
4. **HB2224ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2224ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100854D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2224)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murphy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100854D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** 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`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105183D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23106047D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2224H2)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions substitute rejected 23105183D-H1
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 23106047D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2224H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2224ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2224ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 386 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e45a302-4ebd-4be4-816e-be9101ef0bf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).