republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-255.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait.	Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait. Provides that every adult resident of the Commonwealth may be offered screening tests for sickle cell disease or the sickle cell trait and requires that the health care professional in charge of an adult's annual health examination provide education and appropriate counseling regarding the results of any such test that is performed.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 255	Virginia HB 255 (2024)	bill		enacted	Candi Mundon King	4	30	6	2024-01-04	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/026e8692-7372-4db1-be44-4ed0002a251e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB255	638f83af8f4392bb221af992b36fb9dd4276f4730f261378e850e18afe0efcd2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 255 (2024) — Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait.

Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait. Provides that every adult resident of the Commonwealth may be offered screening tests for sickle cell disease or the sickle cell trait and requires that the health care professional in charge of an adult's annual health examination provide education and appropriate counseling regarding the results of any such test that is performed.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0182 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106066D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB255ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101293D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101293D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Committee substitute printed 24106066D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 24106066D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB255H1 substitution
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB255H1)
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 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 (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB255ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB255ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 182 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/026e8692-7372-4db1-be44-4ed0002a251e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).