republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-150.md

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Bill	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; new participants not required to appear in person.	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children;applications. Prohibits the Board of Social Services from requiringpersons applying to participate or renewing their participation inthe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to appear in person.The bill also codifies the Department of Health's authority to implementa Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, andChildren (WIC Program), which is currently authorized by regulation,and prohibits the Department of Health from requiring persons applyingto participate or renewing their participation in the WIC Programto appear in person.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 150	Virginia HB 150 (2024)	bill		enacted	Dan I. Helmer	4	32	7	2024-01-02	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/51bf037d-ef9a-49a1-8113-48674ef1e2f6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB150	ce1ea640c7cdf9da1dc50c65865a39453df2dca9abd13b9f03c0c903dcce9f43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 150 (2024) — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; new participants not required to appear in person.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children;applications. Prohibits the Board of Social Services from requiringpersons applying to participate or renewing their participation inthe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to appear in person.The bill also codifies the Department of Health's authority to implementa Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, andChildren (WIC Program), which is currently authorized by regulation,and prohibits the Department of Health from requiring persons applyingto participate or renewing their participation in the WIC Programto appear in person.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0435 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105707D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB150ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100937D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N) — 8–6 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) — 88–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100937D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB150)
• 2024-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Committee substitute printed 24105707D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB150H1)
• 2024-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24105707D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB150H1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 9-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) passage
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB150ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB150ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51bf037d-ef9a-49a1-8113-48674ef1e2f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).