republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1056.md

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Bill	Wellness and Opportunity, Commission on; established, report.	Commission on Wellness and Opportunity established. Creates the 21-member Commission on Wellness and Opportunity in the legislative branch to study and make recommendations relating to establishing the mission and vision of what health and wellness means for Virginia by examining various dimensions of health and wellness, including but not limited to physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and social wellness, and utilizing the comprehensive theoretical framework of "the social determinants of health"; identifying and defining measurable opportunities and outcomes that build community competence around well-being; and making policy recommendations for improving the quality of life for the people of the Commonwealth. The Commission shall meet at least quarterly. The bill provides that the Commission will sunset on July 1, 2025.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1056	Virginia HB 1056 (2020)	bill		enacted	Dawn M. Adams	3	52	16	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c675f032-2ef2-4707-869c-a7da4939ee2f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1056	9906123cf34dc8e9f50d5a9c809640719923066876ce8bf0a61b00b9318f77bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1056 (2020) — Wellness and Opportunity, Commission on; established, report.

Commission on Wellness and Opportunity established. Creates the 21-member Commission on Wellness and Opportunity in the legislative branch to study and make recommendations relating to establishing the mission and vision of what health and wellness means for Virginia by examining various dimensions of health and wellness, including but not limited to physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and social wellness, and utilizing the comprehensive theoretical framework of "the social determinants of health"; identifying and defining measurable opportunities and outcomes that build community competence around well-being; and making policy recommendations for improving the quality of life for the people of the Commonwealth. The Commission shall meet at least quarterly. The bill provides that the Commission will sunset on July 1, 2025.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1036) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1056ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1056) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N) — 2–37 (fail) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 3-N) — 35–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 4-N) — 14–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 41-N) — 57–41 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 29-N) — 63–29 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (77-Y 20-N) — 76–20 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate requested second conference committee (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103312D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Assigned Rules sub: Studies referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB1056)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (77-Y 20-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (77-Y 20-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Rules with amendments (10-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-03-03 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-03-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-03-03 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-04 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-03-04 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
• 2020-03-05 Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-05 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference report rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
• 2020-03-07 Senate requested second conference committee (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (58-Y 41-N)
• 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 41-N)
• 2020-03-07 House requested second conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (37-Y 2-N)
• 2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 29-N)
• 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 29-N)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 3-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1056ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1036 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c675f032-2ef2-4707-869c-a7da4939ee2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).