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type: "Bill"
title: "Henrietta Lacks Commission; changes sunset date."
description: "Henrietta Lacks Commission; sunset date.Changes the sunset of the Henrietta Lacks Commission from July 1,2026, to July 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 613"
citation: "Virginia HB 613 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1a6455-1a33-47cd-a74e-594a8ee2ce02"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB613"
source_hash: "63ba958f71c882c51d9607b1f49bef8fc004e9eab71483bfab2eaf4063c9f577"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 613 (2024) — Henrietta Lacks Commission; changes sunset date.
Henrietta Lacks Commission; sunset date.Changes the sunset of the Henrietta Lacks Commission from July 1,2026, to July 1, 2024.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0297** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0297)
2. **HB613ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB613ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101172D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB613)
## Votes
- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101172D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB613ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** 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`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b1a6455-1a33-47cd-a74e-594a8ee2ce02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).