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type: "Bill"
title: "Federal Medicaid Works program; DMAS to convene work group to study, etc."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Virginia SB 59 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-12-26"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/483ce860-8a70-4d0f-aaf7-3e01561d84a7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB59"
source_hash: "e92caeb9ce6654d9cbf694fc4cd58143d668bf42ecf0dead19f188e67228ede9"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0335)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103254D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB59)
3. **SB59ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB59ER)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/483ce860-8a70-4d0f-aaf7-3e01561d84a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).