republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2065.md

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Bill	Produce Rx Program; Dept. of Social Services, et al., to develop a plan for a 3-yr. pilot Program.	Produce Rx Program established; report. Directs the Department of Social Services, in cooperation with the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to convene a work group to develop a plan for a three-year pilot Produce Rx program to incentivize consumption of qualifying fruits and vegetables by eligible individuals for whom increased consumption of fruits and vegetables is recommended by a qualified care provider. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to report on the activities of the work group and the elements of the plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by October 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2065	Virginia HB 2065 (2021)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	4	37	11	2021-01-12	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/35686d76-7585-409f-8ba5-63644773f9be	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2065	9edfb4c657f4c5854274b59ed79913e836b45a3f2ad33c7435090979938f2c68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2065 (2021) — Produce Rx Program; Dept. of Social Services, et al., to develop a plan for a 3-yr. pilot Program.

Produce Rx Program established; report. Directs the Department of Social Services, in cooperation with the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to convene a work group to develop a plan for a three-year pilot Produce Rx program to incentivize consumption of qualifying fruits and vegetables by eligible individuals for whom increased consumption of fruits and vegetables is recommended by a qualified care provider. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to report on the activities of the work group and the elements of the plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by October 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0212 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103840D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2065ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102721D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102721D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2021-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2021-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2065)
• 2021-01-26 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-01 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-01 Committee substitute printed 21103840D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB2065H1)
• 2021-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-03 Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions amendment rejected
• 2021-02-03 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21103840D-H1
• 2021-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2065H1
• 2021-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-19 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2021-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-23 Passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) passage
• 2021-02-23 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-23 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-26 Enrolled
• 2021-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB2065ER)
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-27 Signed by President
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35686d76-7585-409f-8ba5-63644773f9be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).