republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-252.md

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Bill	Sickle cell disease; statewide registry created, collection of disease case information, report.	Sickle cell disease; statewide registry; collectionof sickle cell disease case information; penalties; notification;annual report. Creates a statewide registry of sickle cell diseasepatients to be maintained by the State Health Commissioner. The billestablishes: (i) standards and selection criteria for the collectionof sickle cell disease information; (ii) penalties for unauthorizeduse of data from such registry; and (iii) notice requirements forpatients whose personal identifying information has been submittedto such registry. The bill allows patients diagnosed with sicklecell disease to self-report information to the sickle cell diseaseregistry. Under the bill, a patient has the right to opt out of havinghis information reported to the statewide sickle cell disease registry.The bill also directs the Commissioner to submit an annual reportof the information obtained from the sickle cell disease registryto the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1 of each year.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 252	Virginia HB 252 (2024)	bill		enacted	Joshua G. Cole	3	54	14	2024-01-04	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/33ec31c6-a2f5-4f35-9889-35eb23f35de8	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB252	a0af6854e173bdc812130b2ea4b066a39d508272fcd2b30b761aaf04bd3be3dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 252 (2024) — Sickle cell disease; statewide registry created, collection of disease case information, report.

Sickle cell disease; statewide registry; collectionof sickle cell disease case information; penalties; notification;annual report. Creates a statewide registry of sickle cell diseasepatients to be maintained by the State Health Commissioner. The billestablishes: (i) standards and selection criteria for the collectionof sickle cell disease information; (ii) penalties for unauthorizeduse of data from such registry; and (iii) notice requirements forpatients whose personal identifying information has been submittedto such registry. The bill allows patients diagnosed with sicklecell disease to self-report information to the sickle cell diseaseregistry. Under the bill, a patient has the right to opt out of havinghis information reported to the statewide sickle cell disease registry.The bill also directs the Commissioner to submit an annual reportof the information obtained from the sickle cell disease registryto the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1 of each year.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0437 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB252ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104509D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) — 0–97 (fail) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104509D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB252)
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-08 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-09 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-05 Education and Health Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-05 Finance and Appropriations Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Passed by temporarily
• 2024-03-06 Senate amendment #1 agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Senate amendment #2 rejected by House (0-Y 98-N0 amendment-failure
• 2024-03-06 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
• 2024-03-07 Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-07 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 House acceded to request
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-07 Senators: Favola, Bagby, Head
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-07 Delegates: Cole, Mundon King, Hodges
• 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB252ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB252ER)
• 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 437 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0437)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33ec31c6-a2f5-4f35-9889-35eb23f35de8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).