republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-59.md

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Bill	Federal Medicaid Works program; DMAS to convene work group to study, etc.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; Medicaid Works access and utilization work group; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to study and make recommendations to improve access to and successful utilization of the federal Medicaid Works program. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 59	Virginia SB 59 (2024)	bill		enacted	Barbara A. Favola	3	35	10	2023-12-26	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/483ce860-8a70-4d0f-aaf7-3e01561d84a7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB59	e92caeb9ce6654d9cbf694fc4cd58143d668bf42ecf0dead19f188e67228ede9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 59 (2024) — Federal Medicaid Works program; DMAS to convene work group to study, etc.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Medicaid Works access and utilization work group; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to study and make recommendations to improve access to and successful utilization of the federal Medicaid Works program. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0335 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103254D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB59ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-26 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103254D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-26 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Rereferred from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Rereferred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB59)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB59ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB59ER)
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/483ce860-8a70-4d0f-aaf7-3e01561d84a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).