---
type: "Bill"
title: "PACE program; DMAS to develop and implement a plan to provide client education."
description: "PACE program; DMAS to develop and implement a plan to provide client education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1975"
citation: "Virginia HB 1975 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/636a15e9-ae01-404c-b964-7f7a7e6489a6"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1975"
source_hash: "0f1c53b25fbcf9f28fdc390cc6cb1bd5480615f342ff7639f1459216cd34e06f"
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 1975 (2019) — PACE program; DMAS to develop and implement a plan to provide client education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0419)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0419)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1975)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1975ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1975ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105407D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1975H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102710D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1975)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102710D `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 19105407D-H1
- **2019-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1975H1
- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 419 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/636a15e9-ae01-404c-b964-7f7a7e6489a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).