---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newborn screening; evaluation of disorders for inclusion, process for considering other disorders."
description: "Newborn screening; process for evaluation of disorders for inclusion. Directs the Department of Health to establish a process for considering the addition of disorders to the Commonwealth's newborn screening program that are not included on the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, which process shall include criteria and a timeline for consideration of disorders and a timeline for initiation of rulemaking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 433"
citation: "Virginia HB 433 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Destiny LeVere Bolling"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 48
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3194bfe-5ef6-4f8c-b3bc-67a20e21dbca"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB433"
source_hash: "683b0ca69ff3da536084ca4564e154e0e51571066f2aa70ecf8046b7fd6d6ba3"
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 433 (2026) — Newborn screening; evaluation of disorders for inclusion, process for considering other disorders.

Newborn screening; process for evaluation of disorders for inclusion. Directs the Department of Health to establish a process for considering the addition of disorders to the Commonwealth's newborn screening program that are not included on the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, which process shall include criteria and a timeline for consideration of disorders and a timeline for initiation of rulemaking.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084412.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217614.PDF)
3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210514.HTML)
4. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210510.PDF)
5. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191986.PDF)
6. **Rules Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098215.PDF)
7. **Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096009.PDF)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214416.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **3–94** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Destiny LeVere Bolling — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104699D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-01-27** Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Committee substitute printed 26106107D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-30** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB433)
- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB433)
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-04** Committee substitute printed 26109168D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB433)
- **2026-03-06** Senate substitute rejected by House (3-Y 94-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-10** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-10** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** House acceded to request
- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2026-03-12** Senate Conferees: Aird, Boysko, Peake
- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: LeVere Bolling, Downey, McLaughlin
- **2026-03-13** Conference Report released
- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB433)
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB433ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB433)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 392 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3194bfe-5ef6-4f8c-b3bc-67a20e21dbca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).